OSHA Inspection: MCCORMACK MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801    The employer did not ensure that employees who were operating hand held grinders to cut stone and block were wearing eye protection.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Where the employer made a demonstration that a space wider than 1 inch was necessary between adjacent plank units and the platform and uprights, the platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801    The employer did not ensure that all fabricated metal frame scaffolds had been fully planked on each working level.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801    The employer did not ensure that the fabricated metal frame scaffolds that had been erected on the front of the building was performed under the direction and supervision of a competent person qualified in scaffolding.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The two tiered fabricated metal frame scaffold, with a fall distance of approximately 13 feet 5 inches, was not equipped with an adequate fall protection system.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not ensure that all employees who were required to perform work from fabricated metal frame scaffolds had been adequately trained in the hazards and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not ensure that all employees who were required to erect, move and dismantle fabricated metal frame scaffolds had been adequately trained.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801    The unprotected side and edge, next to the fabricated metal frame scaffold, was not equipped with an adequate fall protection system.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not ensure that all employees had been adequately trained in the hazards associated with falling and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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:    Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not maintain a safety data sheet (SDS) for each hazardous chemical used onsite, such as but not limited to: Portland cement, Polymer Modified Mortar, and Admix 21.

Issued

2014-10-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:   Location:   46 Stony Hill Road, Bethel, CT 06801     The employer did not ensure that all employees had been adequately trained the hazardous chemical that they were required to use onsite, such as but not limited to: Portland cement, Polymer Modified Mortar, and Admix 21.