OSHA Inspection: MS MASONRY LLC

Issued

Jun 29, 2017

Abate by

Aug 4, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

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 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1 issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (b) On or about 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 5 issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (c) On or about 06/12/2017, the employer failed to submit certification of corrective action for citation 2, item 1 issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/30/2017.

Issued

Jun 29, 2017

Abate by

Aug 4, 2017

Penalty

Initial $305 · Current $305

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 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 3a issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (b) On or about 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 3b issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (c) On or about 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 3c issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (d) On or about 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4a issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.  (e) On or about 05/16/2017, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4b issued on 04/25/2017 with an abatement due date of 05/05/2017.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working as helpers on the ground beneath scaffolding that was 20 feet high where employees were breaking brick to lay around the chimney were not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, a employee mixing Type N Portland Cement was not provided safety glasses to wear when mixing mud.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees laying brick on a residential home were exposed to falling approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working from scaffolding while laying brick exposed to falls of approximately 20 feet had not been trained on fall hazards associated with working from scaffolding at heights more than 10 feet.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were working from scaffolding that was not fully planked at the top while laying brick around the chimney exposing them to falls of approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs.  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working from scaffolding while laying brick around the chimney exposed to falls of approximately 20 feet were working from scaffolding where the inner and outer legs were not fully braced.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were observed working from scaffolding set up on scrap pieces of wood without the proper base plates and mud sills to ensure stability of the scaffold system while employees laid brick around the chimney exposing them to falls of approximately 20 feet.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(ii): Hook-on or attachable ladders were not installed as soon as scaffold erection was progressed to a point that permits safe installation and use:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working from scaffolding at a height of approximately 20 feet while laying brick around the chimney were not provided a safe means of access.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

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 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees walking around the rear of the residential construction pushing wheelbarrels and carrying brick were observed walking near reinforcing steel protruding from the ground.

Issued

Apr 25, 2017

Abate by

May 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a) On or about 04/06/2017 - 12 Taylors Brook Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, the employer had not developed a written program for employees exposed to Type N Portland Cement while mixing mud.