OSHA Inspection: DARIUS CULVER

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $5398.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met. [Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.59]  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, the employer did not develop and implement a written workplace hazard communication program for employees that utilized hazardous chemicals to include, but not limited to Argos Super Masonry Type S masonry cement and gasoline, thus exposing employees to chemical and fire hazards.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical they used. [Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.59]  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, the employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical that was used to include, but not limited to Argos Super Masonry Type S masonry cement and gasoline, thus exposing employees to chemical and fire hazards.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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. [Construction Reference: 1926.59]  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to October 2, 2019, the employer did not provide chemical hazard training and information to employees that utilized hazardous chemicals to include, but not limited to Argos Super Masonry Type S masonry cement and gasoline, thus exposing employees to chemical and fire hazards.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $3856.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, the employer did not instruct employees on the safety information associated with the fueling of a MultiQuip Essick mortar mixer (model: EM70SH8), thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4626.00 · Current $4626.00

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). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, protective helmets were not worn by employees who worked underneath items such as cinder blocks and masonry cement mix while working from a fabricated frame scaffold, thus exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4626.00 · Current $4626.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a). On or about July 31, 2019, the employer did not ensure employees who handled Argos Super Masonry Type S masonry cement utilized eye protection, thus exposing employees to eye hazards.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $5398.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(g)(9): Conspicuous and legible signs prohibiting smoking were not posted in service and refueling areas.  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, signage prohibiting smoking were not posted in the area where a MultiQuip Essick mortar mixer (model: EM70SH8) was refueled with gasoline, thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(g)(10): The motors of all equipment being fueled shall be shut off during the fueling operation.  a). At the worksite - On or about July 22, 2019, the motor of a MultiQuip Essick mortar mixer (model: EM70SH8) was not shut off when gasoline was added to the fuel tank, thus exposing an employee to a fire hazard.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(g)(11): Each service or refueling area was not provided with at least one fire extinguisher having a rating of not less than 20B:C located so that an extinguisher would be within 75 feet of each pump, dispenser, underground fill pipe opening and lubrication or service center.  a). On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, a fire extinguisher was not provided within 75 feet of the refueling area where a MultiQuip Essick mortar mixer (model: EM70SH8) was refueled with gasoline, thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $5398.00

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).  At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, the end frame legs on a fabricated frame scaffold were not supported on base plates, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard up to approximately 19.3 feet.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $5398.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system.  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, employees performing cinder block laying operations from the third level of a fabricated frame scaffold were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system or personal fall arrest system, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 20.3 feet.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $771.00 · Current $771.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 300-A, and 301 forms, or equivalent forms, for recordable injuries and illnesses.  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 31, 2019, the employer did not use a OSHA Form 300 and a OSHA Form 300A or equivalent forms to document a recordable injury of an employee that occurred on July 22, 2019.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $3856.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.  a). At the worksite - On or about July 22, 2019, the employer did not report to OSHA within 24-hours, a work-related incident that resulted in an in-patient hospitalization of an employee.