OSHA Inspection: FRANK ESPOSITO CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    a) 400 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 - The employer did not certify that an employee who operating a Lull Corporation Model 644 Highlander II powered industrial truck had been trained and evaluated, thus exposing employees to struck-by and caught-in/between hazards.  This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 Reduced

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:    (a) 2351 S. Swanson Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 - A written hazard communication program was not developed or implemented in the workplace where employees used hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to:     -   Masonry cement, calcium oxide, quartz and hexavalent chromium contained in Lehigh Hanson Masonry Cement.    This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:    (a) 400 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 - Safety data sheets were not available for hazardous chemicals used in the workplace, thus exposing employees to the health hazards of the chemicals, which included, but were not limited to:    -   Masonry cement, calcium oxide, quartz and hexavalent chromium contained in Lehigh Hanson Masonry Cement.    This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    (a) 400 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 - Hazardous chemicals were stored and used by employees in the worksite, but the employer did not provide training, thus exposing employees to the health hazards of the chemicals, such as, but not limited to:     -   Masonry cement, calcium oxide, quartz and hexavalent chromium contained in Lehigh Hanson Masonry Cement.  This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a fabricated frame scaffold more than 10 feet above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems:                    a) 400 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 - The employer did not ensure that employees on the working level of a fabricated frame scaffold, on which employees were performing bricklaying at a height of approximately 19.5 feet above the lower level (ground), were protected from falling, thus exposing employees to fall hazards.  This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.

Issued

Feb 6, 2018

Abate by

Feb 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a) 400 Reed Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 - The employer did not ensure that the working level of a fabricated frame scaffold, on which employees were performing bricklaying at a height of approximately 19.5 feet above the lower level (ground), was fully planked, thus exposing employees to fall hazards.  This condition was observed on August 10, 2017.