OSHA Inspection: AMIGO MASONRY SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Feb 27, 2019

Abate by

Apr 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

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:  1. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1 issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    2. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 2-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    3. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 2-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    4. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.     5. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    6. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-c issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    7. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-d issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    8. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-e issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    9. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 6-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    10. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 6-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.

Issued

Feb 27, 2019

Abate by

Apr 3, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

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.  1. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 1 issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    2. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 2-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    3. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 2-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    4. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.     5. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    6. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-c issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    7. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-d issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    8. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 4-e issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    9. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 6-a issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.    10. On or about 2/26/2019, the employer failed to submit documentation and certification of corrective action for citation 1, item 6-b issued on 9/27/2017 with an abatement due date of 10/16/2018.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:     On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) The employer did not ensure the area around the scaffold was free of debris, exposing employees to tripping hazards.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $891 Reduced

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:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    (a) Employees engaged in work related to masonry inside the building were exposed to struck by hazards while working beneath a scaffold where other employees were working in that no hard hats were worn.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 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:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    (a)  Employees engaged in masonry working beneath a scaffold inside the building were exposed to being struck by flying particles while chipping and breaking brick with no safety glasses.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $891 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    (a) Where employees were performing masonry work from fabricated frame scaffolding, the employer did not ensure the scaffold was fully planked on the second working level, exposing employees to a fall of 13' and 1'' to the concrete below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 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:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold. Employees climbed the end frames, exposing employees to falls from heights of up to 13'-1'' to the concrete below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity):    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) Employer did not install a proper guardrail system on the second deck of the scaffold or use a personal fall arrest system to protect employees from falling to the lower level. Employees were exposed to falling 13' and 1'' to the concrete below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 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 toeboards, 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 June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) The employer did not ensure that toeboards were installed on the scaffold exposing employees underneath to stuck by hazards.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) Employees performing masonry work from a fabricated frame scaffold three buck high. The employer did not ensure that metal pins were installed to prevent scaffold collapse.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $891 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) Employees performing masonry worked from a fabricated frame scaffold. The employer did not ensure that the scaffold inside the building was inspected by a competent person and free from defects and hazards, such as but not limited to missing guardrails, ladder, pins, and working levels that were not fully planked. Employees were exposed to falls from heights up to 13'-1'' to the concrete below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold inside the building and the employer did not ensure that it was erected by a person that had proficient knowledge and could identify potential defects or hazards, exposing employees to falls from heights of  13'-1'' to the concrete below.

Issued

Sep 27, 2017

Abate by

Oct 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers.    On or about June 21, 2017 at 3034 Lawrenceville Suwanee Rd, GA 30034:    a) The employer did not ensure that a hole approximately 2' feet deep located in the work area inside the building was covered. The hole was filled with water exposing employees performing masonry work to trip, fall and drowning hazards.