OSHA Inspection: MENDOZA MASONRY

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,627 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.    On or about August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were not protected from potential falling debris due to not having head protection. The employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents.   On or about August 29, 2017, employees without safety glasses were engaged in masonry work, on the north side of the building, while cutting bricks with a masonry saw. The employees were exposed to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platforms.  On or about August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to fall  hazards while working from a scaffold platform that was not fully planked.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  On or about August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to  fall hazards while working from a scaffold that did not have mud sills and base plates.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

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.      On or about August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to fall hazards while working from a scaffold that did not have a ladder or other means of access to ascend and descend.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to fall hazards while working from a scaffold that had not been inspected for defects.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    On or about August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet while working from a scaffold platform that was not guarded.

Issued

Sep 7, 2017

Abate by

Sep 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · 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 toe-boards, 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 August 29, 2017, employees engaged in masonry operations were exposed to struck-by hazards while working from a scaffold that did not have toe-boards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.