OSHA Inspection: JZA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $4,620

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):    a. Building 4 stair tower 3, employees were exposed to a 20 feet fall hazard, in that, a tubular welded frame scaffold 5 frames high, was erected with a 3 plank platform on the fourth frame used to gain access to the stair tower under construction, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:     a. Building 4 stair tower 3, employees were exposed to a 20 feet fall hazard, in that, a tubular welded frame scaffold 5 frames high (5 feet per frame) was erected with a 3 plank platform without guardrails, on the fourth frame and was used to gain access to the stair tower under construction, on or about 02/08/2016.     b. Building 4 stair tower 3, employees were exposed to a 25 feet fall hazard, in that, a tubular welded frame scaffold 4 frames high (6 feet per frame) was erected inside the stair tower without guardrails, during construction of the stair tower, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 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:     a. At the site, employees were exposed to a 25 feet fall hazard, in that, employees were not provided training and education on scaffold safety requirements when using a tubular welded frame scaffold, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 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:  a. At the site, employees were exposed to a 25 feet fall hazard, in that, employees were not provided training and education on scaffold erection where a tubular welded frame scaffold was erected during cement block work, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a. At the site, employees were exposed to masonry cement containing silicates and gasoline. A written hazard communication program was not developed, maintained and implemented at the workplace, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a. At the site, employees were exposed to masonry cement containing silicates and gasoline. Safety Data Sheets were not maintained at the workplace to provide employees information on the hazardous chemicals used, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a. At the site, employees were exposed to masonry cement containing silicates and gasoline. The employees were not provided training and education on the hazardous chemicals at the workplace, on or about 02/08/2016.

Issued

Feb 22, 2016

Abate by

Apr 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and/or maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard:  a. The employer did not develop and implement a safety and health program to address the company policy on safety as well as the employer/employee responsibilities, on or about 02/08/2016.