OSHA Inspection: ANTRIM MASONRY CORP.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $2,281 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:  Jobsite:   Employees were direct accessing to/from  the fabricated frame scaffold platform from/to a horizontal walking surface where the horizontal gap was more than 14 inches.

Issued

Dec 27, 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.  Jobsite:   The employees who were working from the platform of the fabricated frame scaffold were not protected from the fall hazards by the use of appropriate fall protection systems/devices.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Abate by

Jan 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,521 Reduced

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the fabricated frame scaffold from which employees were working were erected and altered under the direct supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Abate by

Jan 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1): The employer failed to have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained regarding the nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards in the work area.  Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the employees who were performing work from the fabricated frame scaffold were trained by a qualified person in the hazards related to the scaffold and the procedures to control or minimize these hazards.

Issued

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,770 · Current $1,939 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  Jobsite: The reinforcing steel bars that were protruding from the concrete below where employees could fall were not guarded to prevent the hazard of impalement.