OSHA Inspection: COLIMA MASONRY

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, were not protected by protective helmets.     Employees engaged in masonry operations on the ground were exposed to struck-by hazards from bricks and other debris above while working below without head protection.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents.  Employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to struck-by hazards while tossing bricks overhead without eye protection.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    Employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to caught-in and fall hazards while working from a scaffold that did not have base plates to distribute the weight evenly while employees worked from the scaffold on the ground.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jun 22, 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 toe-boards, 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 engaged in masonry operations were exposed to struck-by hazards from bricks stacked on planks while working below a scaffold that did not have toe-boards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jun 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b).    Employees engaged in masonry activities were exposed to fall hazards in excess of six feet.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jul 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $612 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.    Employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to fall hazards, in excess of ten feet, while using a ladder that was not extended at least three feet above the roof's landing.

Issued

May 26, 2016

Abate by

Jun 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(20): Employees did not face the ladder when ascending or descending the ladder.  Employees engaged in roofing operations were exposed to fall hazards in excess of ten feet as they incorrectly descended the ladder from the roof to the ground.