OSHA Inspection: OLIVO MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2015-01-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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 January 9, 2015, three employees were working from the top of the second and third tiers of the tubular welded scaffold up to approximately 18 feet high without fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2015-01-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3200.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

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.    On or about January 9, 2015, an employee was using a 14-inch Stihl gas-powered hand saw to cut masonry blocks without the use of eye protection, exposing the employee to the hazard of being struck by flying objects.     The Olivo Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 517258, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on July 26, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 4709 W. Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093.

Issued

2015-01-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3200.00 · Current $1600.00 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 January 9, 2015, nine (9) employees were accessing the tubular welded scaffolding up to approximately 18 feet high on the top of the third tier without the use of a ladder, exposing the employees to a fall hazard.     The Olivo Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 517258, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on July 26, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 4709 W. Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093.