OSHA Inspection: WESTCHESTER STUCCO, INC.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:  On or about 8/14/18  Location: 260 route 202, Somers, NY  a) Employees conducting stucco work on a scaffold were not provided with head and eye protection.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

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):  on or about 8/14/18  Location: 260 Route 202, Somers, NY  a) Employees performing stucco work on a scaffold approximately 13ft high was not fully planked.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880

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:  On or about 8/14/18 Location:  260 Route 202, Somers, NY  a) Employees performing stucco work on a scaffold approximately 13ft high were not wearing fall protection or protected by guardrails.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would  automatically square:  On or about 8/15/18  Location: 260 Route 202, Somers ,NY  a) Cross braces were missing on the 1st and 2nd level of a scaffold that was approximately 13ft.high.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772

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 8/14/18  Location: 260 Route 202, Somers, NY  a) Employees working on a  scaffold approximately 13 ft high did not recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  on or about 8/14/18 Location: Office  a) Employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Portland cement and adhesives to conduct stucco work.  The employer does not have a written hazard communication program; on or about 8/14/18.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about 8/15/18  Location: jobsite  Employees work with hazardous chemicals such as Portland cement and adhesives and the employer did not maintain any safety data sheets  at the jobsite.

Issued

Sep 27, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about8/14/18  Location: jobsite  a) Employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Portland cement and adhesives to conduct stucco work.  The employer did not provide  hazard communication training; on or about 8/14/18.