OSHA Inspection: SUNRISE MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Nov 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $2,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employees who were required to work from the edge of the roof at a height above six feet were protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employees who were required to work from the roof of the building under construction at a height above six feet were trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Nov 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,495 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 not allowed to use as a means of access.    Worksite: The employer did not provide a safe means of access for employees who were required to access the second level platform of the metal frame scaffold.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Nov 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,207 · Current $2,245 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface.    Worksite: The employer did not provide a means of access for employees who were required to gain access to the roof of the building from the scaffold platform that was located 5 feet 6 inches below the roof.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the metal frame scaffold that employees were required to use as a means of access to the roof of the building under construction was erected under the supervision of a person competent in scaffold erection.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that employees who were required to use metal frame scaffolding as a means of access to the roof of the building under construction were trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Nov 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employees who were required to use the metal frame scaffold as a means of access to the roof of the building under construction were protected from fall hazards by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Nov 9, 2016

Abate by

Dec 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the performance of the employee who was required to operate the all-terrain forklift was evaluated at least once every three years.