OSHA Inspection: AR AND SONS MASONRY, LLC

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jul 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528  a) On or about May 30th, 2019, employer did not submit abatement documents needed to verify that the cited violation had been abated. Abatement verification needed for Inspection # 1377135, Items 1-8a, 1-8b, 1-9b, 1-11b.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,060 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.302(a)(1): The noncurrent-carrying metal parts of electrical power operated hand tool(s) were not grounded, or of the approved double insulated type.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to electrical hazards using an electrical rebar cutter that was altered. The approximately 6 ft cord of the rebar cutter had been spliced and rewired with an end that does not have a grounding prong, nor is the electrical rebar cutter double insulated.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,060 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to electrical hazards using a relocatable power tap (outlet strip) not in accordance with the use and installation of the UL White Book.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,060 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(e): All splices and joints and free ends of conductors were not covered with insulation equivalent to that of the conductors or with an insulating device designed for the purpose.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to electrical hazards while using an electrical rebar cutter with an approximately 6ft cord which had 4 splices which exposed the inside insulated wires.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,490 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).    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using three scaffolds that were not fully planked or decked.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,410 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using three scaffolds that platforms extended more than 18 inches.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,770 Reduced

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.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using scaffolds with multiple defects (fall protection, missing midrails, and not fully planked).

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $0 Reduced

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.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using scaffolds with multiple defects (fall protection, missing midrails, and not fully planked).

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using scaffolds with multiple defects (fall protection, missing midrails, and not fully planked).

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,490 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using scaffolds that did not have any adequate form of fall protection.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,490 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards from walking on the top of the building that was approximately 20 feet above the ground level (two stories) with no guardrails or personal fall arrest system.     b) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards from walking on the top of the building that was approximately 8 ft feet above the ground level (one story) with no guardrails or personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528  a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards due to not being able to recognize the hazards - working on the edge of the building that was approximately 20 feet above the ground level (two stories) with no guardrails or personal fall arrest system.  b) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards due to not being able to recognize the hazards - working on the edge of the building that was approximately 8 feet above the ground level (one story) with no guardrails or personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,770 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using a portable ladder that was approximately 4 inches from the upper level landing surface.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder was used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using a portable A frame ladder that was leaned against the top of the 2nd landing surface.    b) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to fall from height hazards while using the base section of an extension ladder as an access to the 1st working surface.

Issued

Apr 5, 2019

Abate by

May 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways.    Location: 12 Nelson Place Harrison NY 10528    a) On or about February 7th, 2019, employees were exposed to multiple fall from height hazards while using portable ladders improperly, to include but not limited to an A frame ladder and ladders not being over 3 ft from the upper landing surface.