OSHA Inspection: QURROZ MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jul 2, 2014

Abate by

Jul 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) On or about 06/17/2014 - 127 Jeff Drive, Tuscumbia, AL, a written hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented, for employees mixing and handling Colonial Buff Type N masonry cement, including training of the hazards associated with the chemical.

Issued

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) On or about 06/17/2014 - 127 Jeff Drive, Tuscumbia, AL, an employee working on the second level of the scaffolding system exposed to falling tools and materials from work being performed on the third level of the scaffolding system was not wearing head protection.

Issued

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    a) On or about 06/17/2014 - 127 Jeff Drive, Tuscumbia, AL, employees laying brick at approximately 18 feet above the ground did not fully plank each level.

Issued

Jul 2, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 (with minimum 200 pound top rail capacity):  a) On or about 06/17/2014 - 127 Jeff Drive, Tuscumbia, AL, employees working at approximately 18 feet above the ground laying brick were not protected from falls.

Issued

Jul 2, 2014

Abate by

Jul 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a) On or about 06/17/2014 - 127 Jeff Drive, Tuscumbia, AL, employees working from scaffolding were unaware of the hazards associated with scaffolding.