OSHA Inspection: STONE MASTER, INC.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  a)  At the job site located at 1445 Satellite Blvd, Suwanee GA, on or about April 27, 2017, an employee was observed working/walking from a fabricated frame scaffold with metal decking putting bricks on a wall.  The scaffold was not fully decked, exposing the employee to fall hazard of about 12 ft. to the ground.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along open sides and ends of platforms:  a)  At the job site located at 1445 Satellite Blvd, Suwanee GA, on or about April 27, 2017, an employee was observed working/walking from a fabricated frame scaffold with metal decking putting bricks on a wall. It had no top and mid rails, exposing the employee to fall hazard of about 12 ft. to the ground.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2718.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold is 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)  At the job site located at 1445 Satellite Blvd, Suwanee GA, on or about April 27, 2017, an employee working from the second level platform of a scaffold was not trained to recognize fall hazards associated with scaffolds, exposing employees to a 12 feet fall hazard.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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  a)  At the job site located at 1445 Satellite Blvd, Suwanee GA, on or about April 27, 2017, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employee who mixes chemical products, such as but not limited to cement/mortar, which exposed workers to minor skin irritations.