OSHA Inspection: REPUBLIC CONCEPTS, INC.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 27, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,364 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.   The employer did not conduct frequent jobsite inspections to ensure and provide a workplace were any employee, worker, laborer, or mechanic employed in the performance of the contract were free from recognized hazards such as:    a)  workers performing masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold on the east side of the building with no means of access or egress.  No ladder was provided; exposing employees to a 13 foot fall hazard.  b)  workers accessing the upper roof had a break in elevation of more than 36 inches and approximately a 24 inch crossover to the roof, no safe means of accessing the roof from the scaffold or the ground by ladder or stairs.  c)  workers working on the roof had no fall protection; workers were exposed to a fall hazard 16 feet to the ground below.  d) the scaffold systems were not inspected for safety concerns daily.  e) The upper working platforms of the scaffold were not guarded with guardrails or fall protection provided, workers exposed to fall hazards.  f) Proper personal protective equipment such as safety glasses and hard hats were not worn exposing employees to struck-by hazards.