OSHA Inspection: GLADIS ALI CLEANING SERVICES AND MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  a. On or about June 10, 2014, during the installing of brick work around the two-story wood frame home, debris was not kept clear from underneath the scaffold system and walking areas, exposing the employees to tripping hazards.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

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 June 10, 2014, the employee throwing bricks up to another employee on the second level of the scaffold system did not have on a hard hat, exposing himself to a head injury.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a. On or about June 10, 2014, both working levels of the two buck high scaffold system were not fully planked, exposing employees to 13 feet fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a. On or about June 10, 2014, several scaffold poles did not bear screw jacks, exposing the employees to collasping hazards.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 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, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a. On or about June 10, 2014, there was no safe means of egress, the employees climbed the scaffold rungs, exposing themselves to a 13 feet fall hazard.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration: Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a. On or about June 10, 2014, the two buck high scaffold system was erected, moved, dismantled without a competent person at the site, exposing the employees to collapsing hazards.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    a. On or about June 10, 2014, the two buck high scaffold system was not equipped with toe boards, exposing the employee working underneath to a head injury.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Jul 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a. On or about June 10, 2014, employees installing brick on the exterior of a two-story home were not protected from falling 13 feet by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, personal fall arrest system or any other type fall protection method.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:    a. On or about June 10, 2014, the employer did not initiate and maintain a safety and health program.

Issued

Jul 18, 2014

Abate by

Sep 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 June 10, 2014, the employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program for all chemicals used at the workplace such as but not limited to: Jenkins cement.