OSHA Inspection: GENERAL MASONRY

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were performing masonry and painting operations from a fabricated frame scaffold up to 20 feet above ground level without fall protection on the ends, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 19, 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, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were performing masonry and painting operations from a fabricated frame scaffold without adequate fall protection up to 20 feet above ground level without a competent person available on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were scaling up and down a fabricated frame scaffold up to 20' above ground level without use of a ladder, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 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, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were performing brickpointing and painting on a fabricated frame scaffold up to 20 feet above ground level without being trained in scaffold safety. Employees did not how far unprotected power lines should be from scaffolds on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): The clearance between scaffolds and power lines were less than 10 feet.  a) Jobsite, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were performing brickpointing and painting operations on a fabricated frame scaffold within 8 inches of a 110 volt unprotected power line, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) Jobsite, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were performing brickpointing and painting operations from a fabricated scaffold standing on 2 to 3 planks up to 20 feet above ground level, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: (Construction Reference 1926.59)  a) Jobsite, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were using Lehigh Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate (cas number 12168-85-3) and A-100 Exterior Acrylic paint containing cristobalite (cas number 14464-46-1) without a written hazard communication program readily available, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). Construction Reference 1926.59:  a) Jobsite, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate (cas number 12168-85-3) and A-100 Exterior Acrylic paint containing cristobalite (cas number 14464-46-1) without a safety data sheets readily available, observed on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 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 chemical 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 safety data sheets. Construction Reference 1926.59:  a) Jobsite, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate (cas number 12168-85-3) and A-100 Exterior Acrylic paint containing cristobalite (cas number 14464-46-1) without being trained in hazard communication on or about 7/7/14.

Issued

Aug 7, 2014

Abate by

Aug 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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, 728 South Warnock Street - Employees were handling Lehigh Portland Cement containing tricalcium silicate (cas number 12168-85-3) and A-100 Exterior Acrylic paint containing cristobalite (cas number 14464-46-1) without hand and forearm protection, observed on or about 7/7/14.