OSHA Inspection: AMIS PLASTERING, LLC.

Issued

Aug 28, 2018

Abate by

Sep 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $311

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.  The employer has not certified to OSHA for the following item(s) cited in inspection #1257282 have been abated      Citation 1-1a CFR 1910.1200(e)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-1a CFR 1910.1200(g)(8); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-1b CFR 1910.1200(h)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-2 CFR 1926.300(b)(2); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-4 CFR 1926.451(c)(2); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-5 CFR 1926.451(e)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-8a CFR 1926.451(h)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-8b CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Items specified above are In Accordance With the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, dated April 4, 2018

Issued

Aug 28, 2018

Abate by

Sep 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $311

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, 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.  The employer has not certified to OSHA for the following item(s) cited in inspection #1257282 have been abated      Citation 1-3 CFR 1926.451(b)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-6 CFR 1926.451(f)(3); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-7 CFR 1926.451(g)(1); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-9 CFR 1926.454(a); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Citation 1-10 CFR 1926.501(b)(13); Abatement was due 10/25/2017  Items specified above are In Accordance With the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, dated April 4, 2018

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:     At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to hazardous chemicals in that safety data sheets for gasoline, masonry and Portland cement were not available and/or maintained at the construction site.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete. 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:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to gasoline, masonry and Portland cement in that a written hazard communication program was not developed and implemented.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $0 Reduced

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:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to gasoline, masonry and Portland cement in that effective information and training on how to recognize, avoid and/or eliminate those hazards, how to read a safety data sheet was not provided and implemented.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $815 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating, or moving parts of equipment exposed to contact by the employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to amputation hazards from exposure to rotating, and moving parts of a Stone portable concrete mixer in that machine guarding was not provided.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,901 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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards in that employees were allowed to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked or decked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet 11 inches from the working level of the scaffold to the ground below.    29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards in that the tubular welded frame scaffold supports poles did not bear on base plates and mud sills. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet 11 inches from the working level of the scaffold to the ground below.     29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,358 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. Cross braces and end frames were used as a means of access:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards in that employees were using tubular welded frame scaffold cross bracing, and end frames to gain access and egress from working levels.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,901 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:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards associated with scaffold collapse in that a means to ensure scaffolds are inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift was not implemented. Employees were allowed to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not inspected for structural integrity as evidence by not having guardrail systems on the working platform, not fully planked, not using mud sills, not having ladder access on and off the scaffold.    29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,901 Reduced

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:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards in that employees were allowed to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully guarded. The scaffold was missing guardrails on both sides of the working platform. Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet 11 inches from the working level of the scaffold to the ground below.    29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): In addition to wearing hardhats 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 contained or deflected the falling objects:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to struck-by hazards while walking/working under the tubular welded frame scaffold.  Employees were exposed in that the scaffold was not equipped with toeboards, debris nets, or other means to prevent contact with falling objects.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): Toeboards were not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to falling objects and struck-by hazards in that the tubular welded frame scaffold was not provided with toe-boards, paneling or screening to protect workers below. Employees were permitted to work below the scaffold that was not equipped with toe-boards.    29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) requires certification that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,901 Reduced

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:    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities were exposed to fall hazards associated with tubular welded frame scaffold collapse in that a training program was not provided to employees to recognize hazards associated with scaffolding and understand procedures to control or minimize such hazards, such as but not limited to lack of guardrails, inadequate footings, planking, and lack of ladders to access or egress the scaffolding.    29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Apr 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $1,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    At the jobsite located at 16392 W. 159th Terrace Olathe, KS 66062: Employees engaged in stucco activities from a 6:12 pitch roof were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 16 feet from the eave of the residence to the ground below in that fall protection was not provided.    29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) requires certification and documentation that the abatement of the above violation is complete.