OSHA Inspection: DARIOS MASONRY INC.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.96: Safety-toe footwear for employees did not meet the requirements and specifications in American National Standard for Men's Safety-Toe Footwear, Z41.1-1967:    (a)Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30th, 2014, the did not ensure that employees masonry employees feet were protected, in that, employees were allowed construct a cinder block wall without the use of safety shoes that met the safety shoe standard, Z41.1-1967.  The condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards and related foot injuries.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:     (a)Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30th, 2014, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold platform that was three levels high was fully planked.  The condition exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 18 feet.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a)  Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30th, 2014, the employer did not ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold was erected by a competent person.  The condition exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 18 feet.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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 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:    (a)Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30, 2014, the employer did not ensure that two masons setting a cinder block wall on scaffold were protected from falling through the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.  The condition exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 18 feet.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, ladders or integrated prefabricated scaffold access were not used:    (a)Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30th, 2014, the employer did not provide sufficient egress between the second and third platform levels.  The condition exposed employees to fall hazards of up to 18 feet.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(1): Scaffold and/or scaffold components were loaded in excess of their maximum intended loads or rated capacities, whichever was less:    (a)  Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30, 2014, the employer allowed the scaffold platforms to be loaded in excess of their intended loads and rated capacities in the following instances:    1)  The employees set cinder blocks on the materials platform on the south side of the east scaffold, and one end of one plank was supported by a standard 2 x 4, which would have been limited in its capacity to about 200 pounds; and    2)  The employer stacked a pallet of cinder blocks partially on an outrigger platform, on the second platform level, on the east scaffold, which was not designed for use as a storage platform for this weight.    The Conditions exposed employees to struck-by and fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 25, 2014

Abate by

Dec 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    (a)Darios Masonry at 430 S. Navajo Street, Denver, CO 80221:  On and before October 30th, 2014, the employer did ensure that all rebar, onto which employees could fall, was capped.  The condition exposed employees to impalement hazards.