OSHA Inspection: JOHNSON'S MASONRY, LLC

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.  The employer did not have an effective safety and health program with specific work rules, competent person oversight, and employee training to govern employees activities.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards on a residential construction site in Champaign, Illinois.  The employer did not have a competent person conduct frequent and periodic safety inspections at the construction site.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1662.00 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:    On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet, while accessing and exiting the working level of the scaffolding by climbing the scaffolding.  The employer can provide working level access by one of the following:      a. Portable ladders,   b. Hook-on ladders,   c. Attachable ladders,   d. Stair towers,   e. Stairway-type ladders,   f. Ramps,   g. Walkways,    h. Integral prefabricated scaffold access, or   i. Direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet, while working from scaffolding, and the scaffolding was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration, on a residential construction site in Champaign, IL.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2326.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:     On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet without fall protection, while working from scaffolding, on a residential construction site in Champaign, IL.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  On or about August 8, 2018, Johnsons Masonry, LLC had employees exposed to fall hazards of 11 feet without fall protection, while working from scaffolding, on a residential construction site and the employer did not provide scaffold training. This training would include:    a.         Nature of any electrical hazards, fall hazards, and falling object hazards in the work area, b.         Correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems used, c.         Proper use of the scaffold, and the proper handling of material on the scaffold,  d.         The maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffold used, e.         Any other pertinent requirements of this subpart, L  Scaffolds.