OSHA Inspection: JUAN DIAZ

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $500 Reduced

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:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; employees were exposed to amputation hazards where the employer allowed employees performing mortar mixing operations to leave the guard, covering the motor and flywheel, up on the mixing unit while mixing.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; employees performing brick laying operations were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet to the lower level, where the scaffold was not fully decked.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm):  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; employees performing brick laying operations at the front right of the building were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet to the lower level where scaffold boards were estimated to not extend the minimum six inches beyond the centerline of the support.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; employees performing brick laying operations at the front right of the building were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet to the lower level where boards shorter than 10 feet were estimated to extend beyond the 12 inches over the support, creating a cantilever.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; employees performing bricklaying operations at the front right of the building were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet to the lower level where scaffold boards were estimated to extend beyond 18 inches of the support, which created a cantilever.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

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.  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; at the front right of the building, employees  performing bricklaying operations were exposed to fall hazards of 14 feet to the lower level where the employer failed to ensure that the scaffold had guard rails installed.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i): The area below the scaffold was not barricaded, and employees were not prohibited from entering the hazard area.  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; at the front right of the building, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards where the working levels on the 14 foot scaffold had materials such as hand tools and bricks on them that could fall at the front, right of the building.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; at the front right of the building, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet to the lower level where connecting pins were not installed into the 2 tier scaffold being loaded with materials by an R/T forklift.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was six or more feet (1.8m) 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:  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA: at the front right of the building, where an employee was observed installing a story pole from a 10/12 pitch awning and was exposed to falls of up to 13 feet to the lower level where fall protection was not worn.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $42,000 · Current $20,500 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  The frame was used as a means of access.  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA; at the front right of the building, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 14 feet where Diaz employees were observed climbing the frame of the scaffold in lieu of installing a ladder.

Issued

Apr 24, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer.  On or about 10/27/2014, at 5625 Lawrenceville Highway, Lilburn, GA: where employees were not certified that they were trained to wear personal fall protection.