OSHA Inspection: NEW SURFACES, LLC

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:   a)  East side of the Building,  on or about March 09, 2016, an employee was observed working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without a ladder or any other means of safe access/egress to reach the 3rd level of the scaffold, exposing him up to a 18-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  East side of the Building,  on or about March 09, 2016, an employee was working from a tubular welded frame scaffold without guardrails and no other means of fall protection, exposing him up to an 18-foot fall hazard.

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a)  At the construction site, on or about March 9, 2016, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program for chemicals used such as Dryvit sandblast dry base coat & adhesive stucco mix by employees at the job site, exposing employees to skin irritation and allergic dermatitis.

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   a)  At the construction site, on or about March 9, 2016, the employer did not have safety data sheet (SDS) for hazardous chemical such as, Dryvit sandblast dry base coat & adhesive stucco mix used by employees at the job site, exposing employees to skin irritation and allergic dermatitis.

Issued

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 construction site, on or about March 9, 2016, the employer did not provide information and training to employees who work with hazardous chemical such as, Dryvit Sandblast dry base coat & adhesive stucco mix, exposing employees to skin irritation and allergic dermatitis.