OSHA Inspection: JD MASONRY LLC

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck-by, crushing and falling hazards:     (a) On or about August 6, 2014, the operator of the Sky Trak 6036 rough terrain fork truck did not wear the vehicle's seatbelt while operating it at the construction site.     Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:    (a)  On or about August 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not protect employees from the point of operation on the Workman II 350 portable concrete mixer located on the south side of the house under construction.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:    (a)  On or about August 6, 2014, and at times prior employees were exposed to caught-in hazards from the unguarded belt and pulley and drive shaft next to the off switch of the Workman II 350 portable concrete mixer.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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 August 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not protect employees from falls while working on a scaffold that was not fully planked between the uprights and the guardrail supports.     Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    (a)  On or about August 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure the scaffold was inspected and free of visible defects before allowing workers to work from the scaffold.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    (a)  On or about August 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not protect employees from falls when working from the top level of a scaffold that was greater than 21 feet above the ground and did not have guardrails or other methods of fall protection.     Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

Oct 13, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,500 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    (a)  On or about August 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not protect employees from falls when they climbed crossbraces to descend from the scaffold.     Abatement Note: Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").