OSHA Inspection: SZALAY MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees exposed to possible head injury from impact, falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns were not wearing hardhats during construction operations:    (a) Construction site at 2355 Badger Drive, Hudson, WI; Hardhats were not worn by employees who were exposed to overhead hazards.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 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, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:    (a) Construction site at 2355 Badger Drive, Hudson, WI; The space between working levels on adjacent scaffolding systems was greater than one inch.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    (a) Construction site at 2355 Badger Drive, Hudson, WI; A firm foundation was not provided, in that concrete masonry blocks were used to support scaffold legs.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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) Construction site at 2355 Badger Drive, Hudson, WI; Exposed pieces of rebar were not covered/protected.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platform more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:  (a) Construction site at 2355 Badger Drive, Hudson, WI; An acceptable means of access was not provided for getting onto and off of a scaffold system.