OSHA Inspection: GMT MASONRY

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    Employees of GMT Masonry were operating a table saw without a blade guard and exposed to amputation hazards.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure that was not fully planked and exposed to a fall of over 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Employees of GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure having planking over the permissible 12 inches from the bearer.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over   Employees of GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure in which the platforms had a change of direction at an angle other than a right angle and were exposed to fall hazards over 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:  Employees of GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure that was assembled with scaffold components of different manufacturers and exposed to fall hazards over 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Employees of GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from the top level of a scaffold structure that did not have a means of access or egress and exposed to a fall in excess of 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.  Employees of GMT Masonry were climbing scaffold cross braces to gain access to the upper levels of a scaffold structure to perform masonry activities and exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Employees of GMT Masonry performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure that had not been inspected daily were exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    Employees of GMT Masonry were performing masonry activities from a scaffold structure that did not have a guardrail system along open sides and ends and exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet to the ground below.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 6, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 GMT 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.