OSHA Inspection: DAVID PERRIGO

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1500.00 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:    On March 8, 2018, employees who were working below employees engaged in masonry construction were not wearing hard hats. This condition exposed employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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 March 8, 2018, the working platform of the scaffold was not fully planked on the 15 foot working level and the 10 foot working level. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falling to the ground below.

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 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.    On March 8, 2018, employees accessed the ten and fifteen foot working platforms of the scaffold used for masonry construction by climbing the structure. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falling to the ground below.

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity).    On March 8, 2018, employees were working on a fifteen foot scaffold without fall protection. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of falling to the ground below.

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    On March 8, 2018, The scaffold used by employees to perform masonry construction was not equipped with a toeboard or other means to contain or deflect falling objects. This condition exposed employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2018-07-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · 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 did not 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.    On March 8, 2018, employees were operating a stationary masonry saw with its integrated water delivery system empty while cutting bricks. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of inhaling dust containing silica.