OSHA Inspection: GUERRERO BRICK MASON, LLC

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $800.00 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:  a) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road, The employer failed to ensure employees working from a scaffold wore hard hats when below other employees tossing and catching bricks as they were being staged on the 3rd buck exposing them be being struck-by bricks.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1000.00 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:  a) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road, The employer failed to ensure a proper means of access and egress from the scaffold was provided in that employees climbed the scaffold frame supports which are not designed as ladders exposing them to potential fall hazards.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2500.00 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:  a) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road, The employer failed to ensure a competent person conducted a visual inspection of the scaffold system prior to employees using it to ensure there were no deficiency such as but not limited to no ladder for access, missing guardrails, and not fully planked which exposed employees to fall hazards.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2500.00 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:  a) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road: The employer failed to provide an employee fall protection while staging brick on the 3rd buck level where no guard rails were installed exposing him to falls of 20.6 feet.  b) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road: The employer failed to provide employees laying bricks from a fabricated frame scaffold adequate fall protection in that mid guardrails and end guardrails were installed exposing them to falls of 14 feet.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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 or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road, The employer failed to ensure gaps between scaffold planking were less than one inch which exposed employees to the hazards associated with fall and trip hazards.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end:  a) On or about October 4, 2017 at Lot 16, Boykin Lakes Loop, Pike Road, The employer failed to ensure that 18 foot 2x12 boards did not extend over the end supports more than 18 inches at the ends of the 2nd level buck.