OSHA Inspection: LOBO MASONRY

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Employees of Lobo Masonry, worked without hard hats, were exposed to struck-by hazards while working on the ground level as other employees performed bricklaying activities from a three tier welded frame scaffold system above.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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)    Employees of Lobo Masonry, were performing bricklaying activities from the second and third tier of a scaffold structure that was not fully planked and were exposed to a fall off over 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Employees of Lobo Masonry, were working from a scaffold structure that had not been erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection and were exposed to a fall of over 10 feet to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.      Employees of Lobo Masonry performing bricklaying activities from the upper levels of a welded frame scaffold structure that did not have guardrails were exposed to a fall of over 10 ft. to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii): When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.    Employees of Lobo Masonry were working from a welded frame scaffold structure platform that did not have midrails installed and were exposed to fall hazards of over 10 ft. to concrete below.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    Employees of Lobo Masonry working underneath and/or around a scaffold structure that did not have toe boards were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling brick and/or tools from a height of over 10 feet.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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.    Employees of Lobo Masonry, working underneath and/or around a scaffold structure that was not barricaded were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling brick and/or tools.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

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.    Employees of Lobo Masonry were performing bricklaying activities from a welded scaffold structure, that was not secured with locking pins and were exposed to fall hazards of over 10 ft. to the concrete below.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,100 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.    Employees of Lobo Masonry were performing bricklaying activities from a welded frame scaffold structure were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 Reduced

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:    Employees of Lobo Masonry were performing bricklaying activities from a welded frame scaffold structure that did not have base plates in several locations and exposed to fall hazards of over 10 feet to the concrete below.         Lobo Masonry  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 998160, citation number 1, item number 1/a and was affirmed as a final order on 11/24/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 4008 106th St., Lubbock Texas 79423.

Issued

Mar 11, 2016

Abate by

May 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 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.    Employees performing bricklaying activities from an unguarded welded frame scaffold structure were exposed to an unprotected fall of over 10 feet to concrete below.    Lobo Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 998160, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/24/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 4008 106th St., Lubbock Texas 79423.