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OSHA Inspection: FOREST CITY MASONRY, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of FOREST CITY MASONRY, INC. in 1945 PFINGSTEN ROAD, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 342436318.

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Site address
1945 PFINGSTEN ROAD
City
NORTHBROOK
State
IL
ZIP
60062
Mailing
2314 GRANT AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238140
Employees
6
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.100 A

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2173.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced
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 June 27, 2017, employee(s) were working below employees applying mortar and stone from the building roof and tubular welded scaffold.  The employee(s) on the ground were exposed to struck-by hazards from the work above while not wearing hard hat(s).
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1200
  • — Z (S) $2173

1926.451 B01 I

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2716.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
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:  a) On June 27, 2017, employees were applying mortar and cultured stone to the building façade from a tubular welded scaffold platform, that was not fully planked.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $2716

1926.451 G01

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $1200.00
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:    a) Employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 13 feet while performing masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold platforms without guardrails along open sides and ends.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1200
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.501 B01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $3803.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced
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 June 27, 2017, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a cantilevered flat roof section approximately eleven feet above ground level.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1900
  • — Z (S) $3803

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