OSHA Inspection: JR MASONRY LLC

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  a.) 66 Lake Shore East., Sparta, NJ   Employees performing construction activities from a supported frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to fall hazard of approximately 30ft. to the ground below, on or about 04/10/2019.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,421 Reduced

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.) 66 Lake Shore East., Sparta, NJ   Employees were exposed to fall hazards approximately 30ft. to the ground below while performing construction activities from a supported frame scaffold that had missing mudsills, on or about 04/10/2019.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.   a.) 66 Lake Shore East., Sparta, NJ   Employees engaged in construction activities accessed a supported frame scaffold platform by climbing the cross braces, which exposed them to fall hazards approximately 30ft. to the next lowest level, on or about 04/10/2019.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

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.  a.) 66 Lake Shore East., Sparta, NJ  Employees were engaged in construction activities from a supported scaffold without utilizing any means of a personal fall arrest system, exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 30ft. to the next lowest level, on or about 04/10/2019

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a.) 66 Lake Shore East., Sparta, NJ  Employees did not utilize any means of fall protection while engaged in construction activities from the roof of a residential home, which exposed them to an approximate 30ft. fall hazard, on or about 04/10/2019.