OSHA Inspection: XCELLENT MASONRY RESTORATION INCORPORATED

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

May 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,500 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):    An employee was required to operate a Pettibone Traverse Lift and had not received proper training on the safe operation of this powered industrial vehicle. The powered industrial vehicle was used to support an employee riding a wooden pallet as a work platform, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied:    An employee was exposed to fall hazards of greater than twenty (20) feet to the ground while performing brick-laying and masonry work from an elevated wood pallet on the forks of a Pettibone Traverse Lift that was not specifically designed by the manufacturer for lifting personnel.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

May 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards while assembling and working from scaffolds and were not provided with training to recognize and minimize fall hazards and other hazards associated with working from scaffolding.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,000 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    Employees performing masonry work on the exterior of a commercial building from fabricated frame scaffolding were not provided with a safe means of access, exposing the employees to fall hazards of approximately six (6) feet.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Abate by

Mar 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,000 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:    Employees performing masonry work from fabricated frame scaffolds, approximately fifteen (15) feet above the ground, were exposed to injuries from falls.    Xcellent Masonry Restoration Incorporated 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 892411, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on March 28, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 5001 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60630.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).