OSHA Inspection: PHOENIX MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Sep 17, 2019

Abate by

Oct 21, 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:   Pheonix Masonry, Inc., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:   Citation Number            Item Number                    Abatement Date 01                                02a                                   07/14/2019 01                                02b                                   07/14/2019 01                                02c                                   07/14/2019 01                                04                                    07/14/2019  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF THE CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:  a) On or about March 29, 2019, the belt and pulley drive on a mortar mixer engine were not guarded in order to prevent employees from accidental contact with the moving parts.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $4,376

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds designed by a qualified person were not constructed in accordance with that design:  a) On March 29, 2019 employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold which was not constructed in accordance with the design of a qualified person, thereby exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(iii):  Ties, guys, braces, or outriggers were not installed to prevent the tipping of supported scaffolds in all circumstances where an eccentric load, such as a cantilevered work platform, was applied or was transmitted to the scaffold:  a) On March 29, 2019, employees were working from cantilevered scaffold work platforms where ties, guys, braces or outriggers were not installed, thereby exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

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) On March 29, 2019, employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold and the scaffold legs did not bear on base plates, thereby exposed employees to fall and struck-by.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $4,376

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): A forklift was used to support a scaffold platform while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the forklift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:  a) On or about March 29, 2019, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling up to approximately 16 feet while accessing the second floor deck using a job made box elevated by a Terex rough terrain forklift Model TH1056C.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $4,376

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:  a) On March 29, 2019, the employer did not ensure the tubular welded frame scaffold from which employees were working was erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffolding erection, thereby exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards.