OSHA Inspection: ANGEL DEANTES

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Sep 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:    Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns when the employer did not develop a written program to inform the employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of the chemicals they work with on the jobsite.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Sep 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s), Construction reference (1926.59):  On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns while working with chemicals which include but is not limited to Southern Heritage Southern Ivory Type N Masonry cement when the employer did not keep copies of the safety data sheets onsite to inform the employees how to recognize and minimize the hazards of the chemicals they worked with on the jobsite.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,200 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:  On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye burns and struck-by hazards from brick shards while using Southern Heritage Southern Ivory Type-N Masonry cement and chipping bricks with trowels without using eye protection.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,200 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 before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:    An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11-feet when he worked from the work platform of a scaffold that did not have an end rail installed at the unprotected edge of the work platform.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:    An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12-feet when he worked from a porch roof without using fall protection.

Issued

Jul 18, 2017

Abate by

Aug 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toe boards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  On or about May 9, 2017, at Lot 95, 2425 Matlin Way, Buford, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling bricks and masonry cement buckets while working on the ground beneath two people working from a scaffold above him that did not have toe boards installed.