OSHA Inspection: ALEX MASONRY

Issued

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds shall not be used as a means of access or egress.  a.     On the top of the building where an employee was gaining access to the scaffold, the employee climbed the cross bracing thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 4, 2014

Abate by

Jun 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(2): Effective September 2, 1997, the employer shall have a competent person determine the feasibility and safety of providing fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds. Employers are required to provide fall protection for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds where the installation and use of such protection is feasible and does not create a greater hazard.  a.    On the site where the employer was dismantling a tubular welded frame scaffold, the employer did not make a determination by a competent person as to the feasibility of using a fall protection system thereby exposing employees to a 38 foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): "Hoist areas." Each employee in a hoist area shall be protected from falling six feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems. If guardrail systems, [or chain, gate, or guardrail] or portions thereof, are removed to facilitate the hoisting operation (e.g., during landing of materials), and an employee must lean through the access opening or out over the edge of the access opening (to receive or guide equipment and materials, for example), that employee shall be protected from fall hazards by a personal fall arrest system.  a.     On the roof of the building where employees were removing bricks, mortar and other items from the masonry work performed, the employer did not provide fall protection for the employees working at the edge of the roof.

Issued

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.  a.     On the roof where employees were cleaning up and walking around, the employer did not install a fall protection system to protect employees on the roof from a fall hazard.