OSHA Inspection: MENDOZA MASONRY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $815.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working beneath employees utilizing tools while at an elevated position on a fabricated frame scaffold were not wearing hard hats.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $815.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.    a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees mixing CEMEX, Type N Portland cement were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1902.00 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) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing stone were working from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked exposing them to falls of approximately 10 feet.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing stone were using a fabricated frame scaffold to gain access to the home and were not aware of the hazards associated with falling from scaffolding.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1902.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames and uprights were not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing stone were working from a fabricated frame scaffold without mud sills or base plates.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $1358.00 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 used as a means of access:    a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, safe access was not provided for employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $1902.00 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.    a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing mesh on the facing of a gable while standing on the roof of house at approximately 10 feet above the ground were unprotected from falls.

Issued

2017-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) On or about 05/10/20107 - 7544 Parktrace Lane, Owens Cross Roads, AL, a hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented for employees exposed to CEMEX, Portland cement, Type N, while mixing mud.