OSHA Inspection: PEDRO REYES-BORREGO

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns while working with Southern Heritage Masonry Cement which contains chemicals including but not limited to Portland cement and crystalline silica when the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program to inform employees how to recognize and minimize chemical hazards.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to eye and skin burns while working with Southern Heritage masonry cement which contains chemicals including but not limited to Portland cement and crystalline silica when the employer did not provide employees with safety data sheets to inform the employees how to recognize and minimize chemical hazards.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1330.00 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:  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to struck-by hazards from falling bricks and tools of the employees working above him when he worked below those employees without wearing a hard hat.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 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.  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to eye burns when he worked with Southern Heritage Type N Masonry cement without wearing eye protection.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 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):  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 7-feet when he worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a collapse and fall hazard of approximately 7-feet when he worked from the work platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold with its poles set directly on top of wood boards, planks, gravel, and other materials.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 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 August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  An employee performing brick masonry work was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 7-feet while climbing the frame of a tubular welded frame scaffold when the employer did not install a ladder.

Issued

2018-02-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1663.00 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):  On or about August 24, 2017, at 1499 Charcoal Ives Road, Lawrenceville, Georgia:  Two employees performing brick masonry work were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10-feet to 12.6-feet when they worked on a garage roof without using fall protection.