OSHA Inspection: BUILDER'S STONE & MASONRY INC.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  At the jobsite was located at 12830 Johnson Drive Shawnee, KS; employees performing masonry work were exposed to a struck by hazards in that  employee(s) operating the Skytrack JLG number 52776 10DV rough terrain forklift had not been trained and evaluated on the safe operation of the equipment.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein.      At the jobsite located at 12830 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS;  employees engaged in masonry work and application activities were exposed to injury/illness from exposure to hazardous chemicals.  The container of gasoline being dispensed into the demo saw was not labeled with the identity of its contents.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:  At the jobsite located at 12830 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS; employees engaged in masonry activities were exposed to injury/illness from dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to hazardous chemicals.  A copy of the required safety data sheet for gasoline was not available to employees at the jobsite.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  At the jobsite located at 12830 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS; employees engaged in masonry work were exposed to injury/illness from dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as gasoline in that employees had not been provided with training or information regarding the hazardous chemicals with which they work.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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:   At the jobsite located at 12830 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS; employee(s) performing masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 ft from the working level of the platform to the ground in that guardrails were not installed on all open sides of the platform.

Issued

Feb 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 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.  At the jobsite located at 12830 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS; each employee performing masonry work on a scaffold had not been trained to recognize and minimize the hazards, including but not limited to fall hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.