OSHA Inspection: ROSALES MASONRY COMPANY, LLC.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $2,846 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:  Worksite located at 2712 S. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri- Employee was observed working and walking underneath elevated materials and employees and was not protected from impact by the use of a hard hat.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,760 · Current $4,268 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses eye protection that provides side protection when there is a hazard from flying objects. Detachable side protectors (e.g. clip-on or slide-on side shields) meeting the pertinent requirements of this section are acceptable:   Worksite located at 2712 S. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri- Employees were observed chipping and cutting bricks without the used of any  means of eye protection.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $6,338 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:     Worksite located at 2712 S. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri- Employee was exposed to a fall hazard in that the employee was working on top of an elevated work platform and was not protected from falling by the use of any means of fall protection.

Issued

Aug 14, 2018

Abate by

Sep 28, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,622 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:     Worksite located at 2712 S. Glenstone Ave., Springfield, Missouri- An employee was exposed to serious respiratory hazards in that the employee was saw-cutting bricks without utilizing the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1.