FORT SMITH, AR ·
OSHA Inspection: NEWLIFE MASONRY, INC.
Programmed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a programmed Related safety inspection of NEWLIFE MASONRY, INC. in 1315 SOUTH ALBERT PIKE AVENUE, FORT SMITH, AR 72901 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 343294211.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- NEWLIFE MASONRY, INC.
- Site address
- 1315 SOUTH ALBERT PIKE AVENUE
- City
- FORT SMITH
- State
- AR
- ZIP
- 72901
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 6026, VAN BUREN, AR 72956
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Programmed Related (I)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 G01 VI
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,885 · Current $1,131 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). For the employees laying brick and helping on or about July 10, 2018 and times prior there to, the employer did not provide fall protection to employees entering the area of walk through scaffold approximately 12 feet above the ground to unload material being delivered by the all terrain material handler and moving the material to the scaffold deck.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1131
- · Z (S) $1885
1926.1153 C01
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2018
- Abate by
- Nov 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,413 · Current $848 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): The employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, for each employee engaged in a task identified 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. For the employees cutting red brick using a chop saw on or about July 10, 2018 and times prior there to the employer did not implement the engineering controls listed on table 1 to control silica dust.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $847.8
- · Z (S) $1413
1926.1153 D01
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2018
- Abate by
- Nov 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA: For the employees cutting red brick with a chop saw on or about July 10, 2018 and times prior there to, the employer did not develop and implement a silica exposure control plan for employees required to cut brick.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 343294211.
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