OSHA Inspection: FERNANDO BLANCO

Issued

Dec 13, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1 a issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  b) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1- b issued on 8/25/2016  with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  c) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1- c issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  d) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 3 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  e) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  f) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 5 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  g) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification, of corrective action for citation 1, item 6 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016  h) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 7 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  i) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 8 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  j)On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 9 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.

Issued

Dec 13, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  a) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification, and documentation  of corrective action for citation 1, item 1 a issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  b) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification, and documentation  of corrective action for citation 1, item 5 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  c) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification, and documentation  of corrective action for citation 1, item 6 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.  d) On or about 12/6/2016, the employer failed to submit certification, and documentation  of corrective action for citation 1, item 9 issued on 8/25/2016 with an abatement due date of 9/21/2016.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,207 · Current $3,207

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):  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Seven employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns, and lung irritation while using Holcim Mortamix Rainbow Custom Color masonry cement that contains chemicals which include but is not limited Portland Cement and crystalline silica when the employer did not develop and implement written Hazard Communication Program to inform employees how to recognize and minimize chemical hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s): (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  On or about June 1, 2016, Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Seven employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns while using Holcim Mortamix Rainbow Custom Color masonry cement that contains chemicals which includes but is not limited to Portland cement and crystalline silica when the employer did not maintain Safety Data Sheets on the jobsite to inform employees how to recognize and minimize those chemical hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 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):  On or about June 1, 2016, Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Seven employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns while using Holcim Rainbow Mortamix Rainbow Custom Color masonry cement which contains chemicals which includes but is not limited to Portland cement and crystalline silica when the employer did not instruct the employees how to recognize and minimize those chemical hazards.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,207 · Current $3,207

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, chemical, or radiation agents:  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Seven employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to struck-by and eye and skin burn hazards while using Holcim Mortamix Rainbow Custom Color masonry cement and/or breaking bricks with trowels when they did not use eye protection.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,673 · Current $2,673

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  On or about June 1, 2016, Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to amputation hazards while operating a cement mixer with the engine cover open exposing the employee to rotating parts.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $3,742

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):  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.6-feet when they worked from the platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $3,742

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Seven employees performing framing work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.6-feet and greater while climbing the frame of a tubular welded frame scaffold when the employer did not install a ladder.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,673 · Current $2,673

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13.6-feet while working on the platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have guard rails and end rails installed.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $2,138

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 toeboards, 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:  On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Three employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling bricks and buckets of masonry cement when they worked beneath the work platforms of a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have toe boards installed.

Issued

Aug 25, 2016

Abate by

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $3,742

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):   On or about June 1, 2016, at Lot 5, 5565 Bright Cross Way, Suwanee, Georgia:  Six employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10.6-feet and greater when they worked from the porch roof of a townhouse unit without using fall protection.