OSHA Inspection: TALANCA MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $4,000 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 top rail capacity):    a) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The north end of the frame scaffold, at the ladder access point, was not equipped with a top rail which exposed employees to a fall of about 14 feet, on or about May 17, 2018.    b) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The south end of the frame scaffold, on the second level, was not equipped with a guard rail system which exposed employees to a fall of about 14 feet, on or about May 17, 2018.    c) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The side-bracket platform on the south end of the frame scaffold, at the space between two separate columns, was not equipped with a guardrail system, which exposed employees to a fall of about 16 feet, on about May 17, 2018.    d) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The frame scaffold installed across the front of structure was not equipped with midrails at various locations on the second (working) level which exposed employees to a fall of about 14 feet, on or about May 17, 2018.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(vii): Each toprail or equivalent member of a guardrail system was not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along its top edge of at least 200 pounds:    a) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: Spare scaffold cross-braces used as guardrails on frame scaffolding had not been secured so that a horizontal force would not result in displacement and expose employees to a fall, on or about May 17, 2018.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: Hollow-core masonry blocks used to support scaffold planks exposed employees to a potential fall in the event that the blocks became damaged or otherwise failed to support the platform and the weight imposed on them by the workers and their equipment, on or about May 17, 2018.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,956 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(8): At all points of a scaffold where the platform changes direction, such as turning a corner, the platform that rests on a bearer at an angle other than a right angle was not laid first, and platforms which rest at right angles over the same bearer were not laid second, on top of the first platform:    a) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The scaffold platform planks used to turn a corner were not installed so that they rested on the adjacent scaffold platform which exposed employees to a fall of as much as 16 feet, on or about May 17, 2018.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jun 12, 2018

Abate by

Jun 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    a) Valley View Drive, Jessup, PA: The second and third levels of the end column at the south end of a walk-through frame scaffolding were not adequately braced with cross-bracing which exposed employees to an increased potential for collapse, on or about May 17, 2018.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED