OSHA Inspection: RED BRICK MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Oct 25, 2016

Abate by

Oct 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,350 Reduced

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:    a. On or about August 3, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee conducting masonry operations with a grinder was not provided with safety glasses, thereby exposing the employee to struck by hazards.

Issued

Oct 25, 2016

Abate by

Oct 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,940 · Current $1,350 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    a. On or about August 3, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee conducting mason operations from a ladder jack scaffold approximately nineteen (19) feet five (5) inches above the ground was not provided with an access ladder, thereby exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Oct 25, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,115 · Current $2,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a. On or about August 3, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee performing mason operations on ladder jack scaffold approximately nineteen (19) feet five (5) inches above the ground was not protected from falls, thereby exposing the employees to fall hazards.