OSHA Inspection: STRONG MASONRY CONTRACTORS

Issued

2019-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:   Worksite located at 103 W. Dakota St., Belton, Missouri- Employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the ends of the working levels as well as the staging levels were not provided guardrails at the ends of the platforms.

Issued

2019-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1989.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface:  Worksite located at 103 W. Dakota St., Belton, Missouri- Employees were exposed to fall hazards in that the midrail on the staging level was missing.

Issued

2019-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall:   Worksite located 103 W. Dakota St., Butler, Missouri- Employees working near and below the scaffolding were exposed to struck-by hazards from the employees and materials on top of the scaffold platform that was not provided with toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.