OSHA Inspection: PLATINUM ENTERPRISE MASONRY SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1330.00 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, or from electrical shock and burns:  a.  On or about November 1, 2017, at the south and west side of the building, three employees dismantling and removing scaffold sections were not wearing hard hats, exposing to being struck by falling objects.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2328.00 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):   a.  On or about November 1, 2017, at the southwest side of the commercial building, the third buck of the scaffold used by an employee to insert rebar on the concrete block wall was not fully planked, exposing to a 23 ft.-5 in. fall hazard.     b.  On or about November 1, 2017, at north side of the commercial building, the third buck of the scaffold used by an employee to insert rebar on the concrete block wall was not fully planked, exposing to a 23 ft.-5 in. fall hazard.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(v): Each employee on a walkway located within a scaffold was not protected by a guardrail system (with a minimum 200 pound toprail capacity) installed within 9.5 inches (24.1 cm) of and along at least one side of the walkway:   a.  On or about November 1, 2017, at the third buck scaffold on the west side of the commercial building, an employee inserting rebar on the concrete block wall was not protected from falling to a lower level by a guardrail system, exposing to a 23 ft.-5 in. fall hazard.    b.  On or about November 1, 2017, at the third buck scaffold on north side of the commercial building, an employee inserting rebar on the concrete block wall was not protected from falling to a lower level by a guardrail system, exposing to a 23 ft.-5 in. fall hazard.

Issued

2018-01-12 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:  a.  On or about November 1, 2017, at the west side of the commercial building, an employee used the crossbraces to access up to the third buck of the supported scaffold, exposing to a fall hazard.