OSHA Inspection: FRANCO PLASTERING, INC.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $2,000 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 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employee working on the third tier level  of a scaffold was not provided a hard hat to protect him from possible falling objects above him .

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $3,600

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.    On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the fourth tier level of a scaffold with a space in between adjacent planks of approximately 5 inches.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:  On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the fourth tier level of a scaffold that was erected by an employee who was not competent on scaffold erection.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section. or alteration:  Instances:  1) On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the third tier level of a scaffold that was missing guardrails, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 18 ft.  2) On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the fourth tier level of a scaffold that was missing guardrails, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 25 ft.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects:  On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the third tier level of a scaffold without toeboards in place to protect him from tools and equipment used on the fourth tier level above him.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,676 · Current $8,000 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 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the fourth tier level of a scaffold that was not fully planked, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 25 ft.        The Franco Plastering, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1144520, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 7/26/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 7700 Tamiami Trail E Naples, FL 34113.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee was working on the fourth tier level of a scaffold that was missing adequate means of access, exposing the employee to a fall hazard.    The Franco Plastering, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1144520, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/26/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 7700 Tamiami Trail E Naples, FL 34113.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, an employee working from a scaffold was not given training by the employer on scaffold related hazards.  The Franco Plastering, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1144520, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on 7/26/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 7700 Tamiami Trail E Naples, FL 34113.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which at included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59)     On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to silica while conducting plastering work at the jobsite.

Issued

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about 10/25/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not have available on-site the safety data sheet (SDS) for the Titan America stucco cement used by the plastering employees at the jobsite.