OSHA Inspection: J & J MASONRY RESTORATION, LLC.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact:   a) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; Employees were using a Bosch Hammer Chisel while chiseling stone without the use of safety glasses, on or about 05/26/2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):   a) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; Employees were chiseling stone while working on steel tubular scaffolding 10 feet 1 inch above the ground that was not fully planked or decked, on or about 05/26/2015.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:     a) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; Employees were chiseling stone while working on steel tubular scaffolding 10 feet 1 inch above the ground without the use of fall protection, on or about 05/26/2015.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:   a) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; An employee was chiseling stone located on the face of the building while working in a JLG Aerial lift Model number 600s aerial lift without the use of a fall protection harness attached to the boom or basket by way of a lanyard, on or about 05/26/2015.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold 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) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; Employees were chiseling stone from the face of a building while working on scaffolding without being provided hazard recognition training associated with scaffolding, on or about 05/26/2015.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 10, 2015

Abate by

Sep 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(4): The employer failed to permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment and machinery:   a) 4920 Penn Ave, Reading, PA; employees were not qualified by training or experience to operate  a Bosch Hammer Chisel with safety glasses, on or about 05/26/2015.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.