OSHA Inspection: STONE TRADE INTERNATIONAL, LLC

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(c): Employees using hand and power tools and exposed to the hazard of falling, flying, abrasive, or splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapors, or gases were not provided with the particular personal protective equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard.  All personal protective equipment did not meet the requirements nor was it maintained according to subparts D and E of this part.    At the construction site, an employee operating a hand-held masonry saw without eye protection exposing the employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1800.00 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.    At the construction site, employees engaged in masonry activities were accessing upper levels of two scaffold systems by means of crossbraces.  A ladder was not attached to the scaffolds for access and egress exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.    At the construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees using a hand-held masonry saw to cut concrete blocks were protected from being exposed to silica with the use of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection.

Issued

2017-12-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section.  At the construction site, the employer did not assess the exposure for an employee using a hand-held masonry saw to cut concrete blocks potentially exposing the employee to silica.