OSHA Inspection: POL STUCCO & STONE LLC

Issued

2018-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

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:   a) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ (west side of building): Employees were exposed to head injuries while working on a pipe scaffold. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about  7/12/2018  b) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ (north side of building): Employees were exposed to head injuries while working on a pipe scaffold. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about 7/12/2018

Issued

2018-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) 38 Lackawanna Ave  Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold west side of building): An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while applying stucco. Employees were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 7/12/2018   b) 38 Lackawanna Ave  Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold north side of building): An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while applying stucco. Employees were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 7/12/2018

Issued

2018-10-29 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)    a) 38 Lackawanna Ave, Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold west side of building): An employee was exposed to an 22' fall hazard while applying stucco from a tubular welded frame scaffold with missing planks. Scaffold was not fully decked or planked between front and uprights, on or about 7/12/2018   b) 38 Lackawanna Ave, Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold north side of building): An employee was exposed to an 18' fall hazard while applying stucco from a tubular welded frame scaffold with missing planks. Scaffold was not fully decked or planked between front and uprights, on or about 7/12/2018

Issued

2018-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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.   a) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold west side of building): A proper means of access was not provided for the scaffold system. Thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 7/12/2018  b) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold north side of building): A proper means of access was  not provided for the scaffold system. Thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 7/12/2018

Issued

2018-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ  (pipe scaffold west side of building): An employee was exposed to a 22' fall hazard while working on a pipe scaffold that was not provided with a guardrail system or other means of fall protection, on or about 7/12//2018  b) 38 Lackawanna Ave Totowa NJ  (pipe scaffold north side of building): An employee was exposed to a 18' fall hazard while working on a pipe scaffold that was not provided with a guardrail system or other means of fall protection, on or about 7/12/2018

Issued

2018-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(b)(3): On straight run scaffolds, longitudinal bracing across the inner and outer rows of posts shall be installed diagonally in both directions, and shall extend from the base of the end posts upward to the top of the scaffold at approximately a 45 degree angle. On scaffolds whose length is greater than their height, such bracing shall be repeated beginning at least at every fifth post. On scaffolds whose length is less than their height, such bracing shall be installed from the base of the end posts upward to the opposite end posts, and then in alternating directions until reaching the top of the scaffold. Bracing shall be installed as close as possible to the intersection of the bearer and post or runner and post.   a) 38 Lackawanna Ave  Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold west side of building): An employee was working on a scaffold that was missing the inner cross braces along the entire pipe scaffold length, on or about 7/12/2018  b) 38 Lackawanna Ave  Totowa NJ (pipe scaffold north side of building): An employee was working on a scaffold that was missing the inner cross braces along the entire pipe scaffold length, on or about 7/12/2018