OSHA Inspection: AL DUNN MASONRY CONTRACTOR

Issued

Aug 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $950 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) Wyoming, PA: Employees working on and below a scaffold where overhead work was taking place were not protected from being struck by falling material and tools by a protective helmet, on or about April 24, 2014.    ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION  NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 6, 2014

Abate by

Aug 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    a) Wyoming, PA: A fabricated frame scaffold that had a height to base width ratio greater than 4:1 was not restrained from tipping exposing workers to a fall hazard, on or about April 24, 2014.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) Wyoming, PA: Adequate safe means of access was not provided for workers performing overhand bricklaying from the platform of a fabricated frame scaffold that was approximately 13 feet above the point of access (ground level) exposing the workers to the potential for injury from a fall, on or about April 24, 2014.    b) Wyoming, PA: Adequate safe means of access was not provided for a worker stocking brick from the platform of a fabricated frame scaffold that was approximately 16 feet above the point of access (ground level) exposing the worker to the potential from injury from a fall, on or about April 24, 2014.    ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION  NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Aug 6, 2014

Abate by

Aug 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system:    a) Wyoming, PA: The open ends of the platform on a fabricated frame scaffold where workers were performing overhand bricklaying operations exposed workers to a fall of approximately 13 feet, on or about April 24, 2014.    b) Wyoming, PA: A worker who was unloading brick from a forklift while standing on a single scaffold plank was exposed to a fall of approximately 16 feet, on or about April 24, 2014.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED