OSHA Inspection: CHRIS'S MASONRY, L.L.C.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.59: The employer had not developed a written hazard communication program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1200, as incorporated by reference:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, the employer had not developed a written program for employees mixing Type N Portland cement.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working on the ground and exposed to falling objects such as tools and bricks were not provided a hard hat.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees cutting lumber with a Ryobi circular saw were not provided safety glasses.  (b) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees handling CEMEX masonry cement were not wearing safety glasses.  (c) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees cutting brick with a DeWalt Chop saw were not provided safety glasses.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, a Whiteman mixer was being operated to mix mortar, sand, and water with an unguarded rotating pulley.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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):  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick were working from scaffolding approximately 14 feet above the ground that was not fully planked at each level.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(i): Guys, ties, and braces were not installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were working from scaffolding at approximately 14 feet above the ground that was either missing bracing or the bracing was not connected to the scaffolding.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were working from scaffolding that was supported by small pieces of lumber.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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.  Cross-braces were used as a means of access:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees were climbing scaffolding frames and not provided a safe means of access.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees installing brick on a residential home at approximately 14 feet above the ground were not provided fall protection.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees did not recognize hazards while working from scaffolding while installing brick.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees preparing an area over the porch for the installation of brick at approximately 10 feet above the ground were exposed to fall hazards.

Issued

Aug 7, 2019

Abate by

Aug 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  (a) On or about 04/24/2019 - 7405 Nature Walk Way, Owens Cross Roads, AL, employees working over the porch preparing the area for installation of brick did not recognize the fall hazard.