OSHA Inspection: JEFFERS MASONRY

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,268 · Current $2,561 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:       a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, employees were working from a scaffold which was not capable of supporting the load applied to it, exposing employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, the employer did not ensure that a fabricated frame scaffold in use by employees was inspected by a competent person, exposing employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.    a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, the employer did not repair or remove from service a scaffold frame end which had significant corrosion such as pitting and flaking present which could compromise the integrity of the scaffold, exposing employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,268 · Current $2,561 Reduced

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) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, employees were working from a scaffold in which the working level was not fully planked, exposing employees to falls of approximately 80 feet.      b) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, employees were working from a scaffold in which the working level was not fully planked, exposing employees to falls of approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, employees were working from a scaffold which was not set on baseplates, exposing employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,658 · Current $2,195 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(2): Ladder rungs, cleats, and/or steps were not parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder was in position for use:      a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, Employees were utilizing a job-made ladder in which the rungs were not parallel, level, or uniformly spaced, exposing employees to falls of approximately 10 ft.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, employees were utilizing stairways between the 2nd floor and 3rd floor which were not equipped with handrails or stairrails, exposing employees to falls of approximately 12 ft.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,097 · Current $3,658 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.         a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, the employer did not provide safe access for the employees to reach the working level of the scaffold, exposing employees to falls of approximately 13 feet.       Jeffers Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1206895, Citation Number 1, Item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/18/17, with respect to a workplace located at 4th and Cambridge, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,536 · Current $5,122 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.      a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, the employer did not provide fall protection to employees working on the top level of a two-tiered scaffold, exposing employees to falls of approximately 13 feet.       Jeffers Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1206895, Citation Number 1, Item number 2/a and was affirmed as a final order on 7/18/17, with respect to a workplace located at 4th and Cambridge, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Aug 29, 2018

Abate by

Sep 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below from falling objects:  a) 1405 Frankfort Ave - On or about 4/12/18, the employer did not install toeboards along the edge of the working level of a fabricated frame scaffold, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.    Jeffers Masonry was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1206895, Citation Number 1, Item number 2/b and was affirmed as a final order on 7/18/17, with respect to a workplace located at 4th and Cambridge, Philadelphia, PA.