OSHA Inspection: B&C MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,620 · Current $4,620

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  On or about 04/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees of all trades throughout construction site were exposed to building material debris including but not limited to brick, block, wood, metals, and exposed nails that were not properly cleaned up from the ground exposing them to injuries including but not limited to contusions, sprains, punctures, and broken bones.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.  On or about 4/23/2015 at the left side and left front of the building; employees were exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards where:  a. the left side, 2nd frame, lower, inboard is bent, b. the left side, 1st frame, lower, inboard is bent, c. the left front, last frame, upper, inboard is bent, d. the left front, last frame, outboard walk board is badly cracked, e. the left side , 1st frame, 2nd outboard, board is visibly cracked span wise, f. the left side, 1st frame & 2nd frame, outboard walk board is visibly cracked span wise, g. the left side, 2nd frame, inboard walk board is visibly cracked span wise, h. the left side, 3rd frame, outboard, deck board in visibly missing a portion of the board.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

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;   On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees were exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet, 6 inches to the lower level where an employee erected the scaffold and was not under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

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 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees working on the ground were exposed to struck-by hazards where the working levels on scaffolds had materials such as hand tools, bricks, and blocks on them that could fall and there were no precautions taken to keep employees from working or travelling below the hazards:  a. in the gym, 19 feet, three (3) inch fabricated frame scaffold, b. at the far left and left front of the building, 11 feet, six (6) inch fabricated frame scaffold, and c. at the far right and right front of the building, 28 feet ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

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 4/23/2015 at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; where uplift could occur by powered industrial trucks where connecting pins were not installed, employees were exposed to collapse and fall hazards of:  a. 11 feet, six (6) inches to the lower level at the left side and left front of the building, b. 19 feet, three (3) inches to the lower level at the gym.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $5,390

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.  On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees were exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet, six (6) inches to the lower level where the fabricated frame scaffold was erected by an employee that was not a competent person.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,620 · Current $4,620

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers:  On or about 4/28/2015, in the kitchen area; employees were exposed to fall hazards where two (2) 36 x 36 inch square x seven (7) inches deep holes and five (5) 16 x 16 inch square x six (6) inch deep holes were not filled in a dimly lit room. Employees are required to walk in and around the room to perform masonry operations.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $10,780

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees performing block laying operations were exposed to fall hazards of 19 feet, three (3) inches to the concrete slab below and six (6) feet, five (5) inches to the 2nd level scaffold below, where the scaffold was not fully decked at the 3rd, working level.  B&C Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314210717, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 845 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $10,780

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; at the side left and left front of the building, where the site conditions were visibly wet and muddy; an employee of another company was observed performing measuring operations from a two buck masons scaffold erected by B&C Masonry that did not rest upon mud sills that were stable or level. The employee was exposed to falls of 11 feet, six (6) inches to the lower level.   B&C Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314210717, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 845 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $10,780

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 for access:  On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees were exposed to fall hazards;   a. of 11 feet, six (6) inches to the lower level where an employee was observed taking measurements from the walk boards of the masons scaffold at the far left of the building.  b. of 19 feet, three (3) inches to the lower level where the ladder did not extend beyond the 3rd level requiring the employees performing block laying operations to scale the frame to get to the 3rd level.  B&C Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314210717, citation number 1, item number 3a and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 845 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Sep 25, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $10,780

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  On or about 4/23/2015, at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees working from the fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet, 6 inches to the lower level where a scaffold was erected with deficiencies including but not limited to, not fully decked, no access/egress, no side and end rails, no firm footing. The employer failed to insure that the scaffold was inspected prior to use.   B&C Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(f)(7), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314210717, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 845 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045.

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $10,780

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  On or about 4/23/2015 at 1530 Joy Lane, Decatur, GA; employees were exposed to fall hazards where:  a. an employee was observed exposed to an 11 feet, six (6) inch fall to the lower level while performing measurement operations from a scaffold with no guard rails on the end.  b. employees standing on the 2nd buck of the fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to a 12 feet, 10 inch fall to the lower level where there were no guard rails installed on the sides of 2nd level of the scaffold in the gym.   c. two (2) laborers were exposed to falls of 12 feet, 10 inches while receiving block from the powered industrial trucks below and placing the block by hand onto the 3rd level where no guard rails were installed on the sides or ends of the scaffold erected to receive block from the ground that was located in the gym in front of the block laying scaffold.   d. two block masons were exposed to 19 feet, three (3) inch fall hazards to the lower level while performing block laying operations from the 3rd level where no guard rails were installed on the sides of the scaffold ion the gym.  B&C Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(4)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314210717, citation number 1, item number 5 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 845 Scenic Highway, Lawrenceville, GA 30045.