OSHA Inspection: O'NEILL MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $3,501 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with this part:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The employer did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to assist in identifying and correcting hazardous working conditions such as but not limited to; falls from height, being struck-by objects, and electrical shock.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $3,501 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, platform on side brackets beneath 1st working platform on 2nd level, left side facing 23rd street - Prior to conducting masonry operations, the employer did not ascertain whether his employees could come into physical contact with any part of an electrical power circuit at the site through the performance of their work . Employees working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold were within 1 -3 feet of an overhead power line and service drop line.a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, platform on side brackets beneath 1st working platform on 2nd level, left side facing 23rd street - Prior to conducting masonry operations, the employer did not ascertain whether his employees could come into physical contact with any part of an electrical power circuit at the site through the performance of their work . Employees working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold were within 1 -3 feet of an overhead power line and service drop line.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them were closer than 10 ft. to power lines:  a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, platform on side brackets beneath 1st working platform on 2nd level, left side facing 23rd street - Employees were exposed to electric shock hazards while conducting masonry operations from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold erected within 1 foot of an unguarded energized electrical service drop line.  Noted on or about 4/12/19.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,126 · Current $2,501 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of the platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches, and was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform was able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or had guardrails which blocked employee access to the cantilevered end:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, platform on side brackets beneath 1st working platform on 2nd level, left side facing 23rd street - The cantilevered portion of the platforms on the supported tubular welded frame scaffold extended more than 12 inches over its support which exposed an employee to fall hazards. The employee was performing masonry operations from the scaffold approximately 11 feet above ground level.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $10,608 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:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - Employees conducting masonry operations from a supported tubular welded frame scaffold at heights between approximately 11 and 25 feet above the ground were exposed to hazards including but not limited to; falls from height, being struck-by objects, and electrical shock.  The employer did not ensure that the scaffold was erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified to recognized and correct the hazardous conditions.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $8,752 · Current $7,002 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The supported tubular welded frame scaffold, measuring approximately 32 feet in elevation and approximately 5 feet in width, was not restrained from tipping or falling over by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means. Employees were exposed to the hazard while performing masonry operations from the scaffold at heights between approximately 11 and 25 feet above ground level.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.    O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1018867, citation number 1, item number 3, and was affirmed as a final order on 6/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 1613 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $29,172 · Current $23,338 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - Employees conducting masonry operations from supported tubular welded frame scaffolds were exposed to fall hazards, between approximately 13 feet and 26 feet above ground level, without the use of a fall protection system.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.    O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1018867, citation number 1, item number 1a, and was affirmed as a final order on 6/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 1613 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,252 · Current $5,002 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The employer did not train each employee to recognize the hazards such as but not limited to falls from height, being struck-by objects, and electrical shock that are present when working from a supported tubular welded frame scaffolds; and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Noted on or about 4/12/19.    O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1018867, citation number 1, item number 1b, and was affirmed as a final order on 6/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 1613 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,001 · Current $4,001 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which described how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200 paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met.  This requirement is applicable to construction work per 29 CFR 1926.59:    a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The employer did not have a written hazard communication program at the workplace.  Employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to hexavalent chromium, quartz (crystalline silica), etc. contained in Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Group Type N Masonry Cement.     Noted on or about 4/12/19.    O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1018867, citation number 1, item number 5a, and was affirmed as a final order on 6/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 1613 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA.    O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 997867, citation number 1, item number 3a, and was affirmed as a final order on 3/6/15, with respect to a workplace located at 28 S 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s).  This requirement is applicable to construction work per 29 CFR 1926.59:  a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The employer did not maintain at the jobsite copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical.  Employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to hexavalent chromium, quartz (crystalline silica), etc. contained in Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Group Type N Masonry Cement.   Noted on or about 4/12/19.  The employer was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 997867, citation number 1, item number 3b, and was affirmed as a final order on 3/6/15, with respect to a workplace located at 28 S 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA.

Issued

Oct 9, 2019

Abate by

Oct 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.  a) Jobsite: 2245-47 Wilder Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146 - The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals used at the jobsite.  Employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to hexavalent chromium, quartz (crystalline silica), etc. contained in Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Group Type N Masonry Cement.   Noted on or about 4/12/19.  O'Neill Masonry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1018867, citation number 1, item number 5b, and was affirmed as a final order on 6/2/15, with respect to a workplace located at 1613 S 21st St, Philadelphia, PA.