OSHA Inspection: ROCK SOLID MASONRY

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form or scrap lumber with protruding nails was not kept clear from work areas:    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, front south side of home construction, wooden boards with protruding screws were scattered on the ground.  This condition exposed employees to puncture hazards.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $150.00 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:    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, employees accessing scaffold, and working and traveling below in the vicinity of masonry operations, did not wear head protection.  This condition exposed employees to bump and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $200.00 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):    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located on the front south side of home construction, the 2nd level platform that employees worked from and used to gain access to the roof was not decked the full width of the scaffold.  This condition exposed employees to falls from elevations.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches:   On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, front south side of home construction,  (a)  on the supported scaffold, the 1st and 2nd level platform that employees accessed and worked from to perform cutting and masonry tasks extended beyond 18 inches over its support.  (b)  on the veneer scaffold located on the roof, the cantilevered platform that employees worked from to perform masonry tasks extended beyond 18 inches over its support.  These conditions exposed employees to falls from elevations.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $150.00 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:    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, front south side of home construction, a safe access was not provided for employees to access supported scaffold work platforms.    (a)  Employees accessed and dismounted the 2nd level work platform by climbing the scaffold end frames.    (b)  Employee dismounted from the 2nd level work platform and climbed down the cross braces to lower to ground level.    These conditions exposed employees to slips and falls from elevation.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold erected on the front south side of home construction, guardrails were not provided on all open sides and ends of the 2nd level platform to protect employees engaged in cutting and masonry tasks.  Employees were exposed to a scaffold collapse and/or falls from elevation.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on the supported scaffold located on the front south side of home construction, toeboards were not provided on the 2nd level platform where a cutting saw and bucket of mortar were placed.  Employees traveling in the vicinity below were exposed to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2014-11-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    On or about September 9, 2014, at the worksite located at 8201 Cisterna Way in Fort Smith, Arkansas, front south side of home construction, employees accessing and on the pitched roof were not protected from falling while engaged in chimney masonry tasks.  Employees were exposed to unprotected falls of greater than 6 feet.