OSHA Inspection: WILLIAM DOUGHERTY MASONRY CONTRACTOR

Issued

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $313.00 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 prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) On or about 5/5/16, At the job site:  Employees were accessing the top (third) level of the tubular welded frame scaffold, which had a distance of twenty feet to the ground and 6.66 feet to the second level.  There was no ladder or safe means of access provided.     Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  a) On or about 5/5/16, At the job site:  Employees were accessing the outrigger portion of the tubular welded frame scaffold via window sills that were approximately three feet above the second floor of the building.  No access was provided between the sill and floor of the building.   Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $438.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity):    a) On or about 5/5/16, At the job site:  Employees were utilizing a tubular welded frame scaffold system that was three bays wide and three stages high.  Employees were working off of the top level of the scaffolding system which was not provided with any fall protection, and were working off of the second level which was provided with cross bracing on two of the three bays.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to twenty feet.      Abatement documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $250.00 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    a) On or about 5/5/16, At the job site:  Employees were accessing the second level of the tubular welded frame scaffold with an extension ladder that only extended approximately one foot past the landing surface.     Abatement certification is required for this item.