OSHA Inspection: MILLS BROTHERS MASONRY CONTRACTING, LLC

Issued

Dec 31, 2015

Abate by

Jan 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

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:    On a tubular scaffold, on or about October 28, 2015, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately  10 feet in height to the unpaved ground below from climbing the scaffold end frames and cross braces to access the scaffold while performing bricklaying work on a commercial building under construction.

Issued

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 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:  On a tubular scaffold, on or about October 28, 2015, employees were exposed to struck by hazards when walking under a scaffold system that did not provide protection from falling cinder blocks while performing bricklaying on a commercial building under construction.

Issued

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:   On a tubular scaffold, on or about October 28, 2015, employees were exposed to a fall approximately 6 feet to the concrete ground below when loading cinder blocks onto a scaffold that lacked cross braces for support on the side facing the wall under construction.