OSHA Inspection: STONE CASTLE MASONRY, LLC

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means:    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working from a fabricated framed scaffold 7 sections high, approximately 45 feet above the ground, which was not guyed and tied to the structure thus exposing the employees to fall, collapse and struck-by hazards. This condition was observed on May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems:    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not provide a fall protection system for the employees working from heights greater than 10 feet on a fabricated framed scaffold. The employees were working approximately 45 feet above the ground without a guardrail system installed on the working levels of the scaffold. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 45 feet. This condition was observed on or about May 11, 2015.    b) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not provide a fall protection system for the employees working from heights greater than 10 feet on an elevated working platform. The employees were working off of an aluminum plank without fall protection. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 45 feet. This condition was observed on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used, and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition of hazards associated with the types of scaffolding being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize hazards, exposing the employees to fall, struck-by and collapse hazards, on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not ensure that the employees operating the Genie Z-45/25J aerial lift, approximately 45 feet above the ground, was wearing a body belt and/or personal fall arrest system. This hazard exposed the employees to a fall hazard. This condition was observed on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs necessary to ensure compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Standards:     a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not develop and implement a safety/health program to assist employees with the recognition and control of workplace hazards, on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at each workplace a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in (f), (g), and (h) for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following (Construction References 1926.59):    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program to assist employees working/handling Workrite Colored Masonry Cement Type S containing hazardous components, on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not have a safety data sheet to assist employees working/handling Worklite Colored Masonry Type S Cement containing Hazardous components, on or about May 11, 2015.

Issued

2015-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) 4104 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia, PA - Employees were handling Workrite Colored Masonry Cement containing hazardous components without being trained in hazard communication and/or chemical safe work practices, on or about May 11, 2015.