OSHA Inspection: PR MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): The supported poles, legs, posts, frames and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:      An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks because the frame scaffold poles and uprights did not bear on base plates.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 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 pre-fabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:      An employee patching concrete blocks was exposed to a fall hazard when the frame scaffold was used to gain access to the working platform and a suitable means of access was not provided.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:      An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks and the working level was not fully decked.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Fabricated frame scaffold frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:     An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks because the scaffolding did not have diagonal bracing that secured all the vertical members together laterally.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:      An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks and the employer had not provided training to the employee on the nature of the scaffold hazards and the design criteria and the intended use of the scaffold.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall be plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:     An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks because two of the tubular welded frame scaffold poles were not connected.

Issued

2016-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:      An employee was exposed to a fall hazard and scaffold collapse while patching concrete blocks because the scaffolding was not erected under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.