OSHA Inspection: MIRON MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Mar 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights.    a.  On or about December 28, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to falls while performing masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold, greater than twenty-five (25) above the ground, that did not have the working level fully planked.

Issued

Mar 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.     a.  On or about,  December 28, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry operations from tubular welded framed scaffold, greater than twenty five (25) feet above the ground, were exposed to fall hazards due to the lack of a guardrail system at the end of the outrigger platform.

Issued

Mar 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,987 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.     a.  On or about December 28, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, employees working on a scaffold performing masonry operations, were exposed to ends of rebar that were not guarded, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with impalement.

Issued

Mar 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,585 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    a.  On or about December 28, 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee conducting masonry operations from a tubular welded frame scaffold was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with scaffolding.  The employee was thereby exposed to the hazards associated with falls.      The Miron Masonry & Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.454(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 679318, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on March 7, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 2001 W. Race Ave., Chicago, IL.