OSHA Inspection: A&E MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $815 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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, 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

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $815 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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees mixing Acme Brick, Type N Portland cement were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,630 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(3): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    a) On or about 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were operating a Whiteman mortar mixer with unguarded rotating parts.     b) On or about 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were operating a 14-inch DeWalt chop saw to cut brick with the guard wired back.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owen Cross Roads, AL, employees working from fabricated frame scaffolding to install brick were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Abate by

Aug 2, 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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick were using a fabricated frame scaffold to gain access to the home were not aware of the hazards associated with falling from scaffolding.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Abate by

Aug 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of the scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  a) On or about 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick were working from a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked exposing them to falls of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, safe access was not provided for employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Abate by

Aug 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,902 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 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees laying brick on the roof of the porch at approximately 13 feet above the ground were unprotected from falls.

Issued

Jul 21, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   a) On or about 06/15/2017 - 68 Summerlyn Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, a hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented for employees exposed to Acme brick, Portland cement, Type N while mixing mud.