OSHA Inspection: REISS MASONRY CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were performing masonry operations within 3 feet of unprotected edges from a fabricated frame scaffold 26' above ground level without fall protection, observed on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performs 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. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were performing masonry operations within 3 feet of unprotected edges from a fabricated frame scaffold 26' above ground level without being trained in scaffold safety. The exposed employees did not know the trigger height for fall protection from fabricated frame scaffolds on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were scaling down a fabricated frame scaffold up to 26 feet above the ground level without use of a ladder, observed on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were performing masonry operations and dismantling the fabricated frame scaffold at the same time without a competent person on site, observed on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following (Construction Reference 1926.59):    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing crystalline silica (cas number 14808-6-7) and Prosoco containing glycolic acid (cas number 79-14-1) without a written hazard communication program readily available on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets (Construction Reference 1926.59)    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing crystalline silica (cas number 14808-6-7) and Prosoco containing glycolic acid (cas number 79-14-1) without a being trained in hazard communication and/or chemical safe work practices on or about 6/16/14.

Issued

Aug 14, 2014

Abate by

Aug 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): "Application." Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.    a) Jobsite, 142 Race Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing crystalline silica (cas number 14808-6-7) and Prosoco containing glycolic acid (cas number 79-14-1) without utilizing hand and/or eye protection, observed on or about 6/16/14.