OSHA Inspection: MEL BJURSTROM MASONRY, LLC

Issued

2019-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-11-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.    (a)  The employer failed to provide documentation to the Agency demonstrating that abatement is completed for the serious violations that were issued by the Agency.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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 located at 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure all employees were using head protection when working below persons, material and equipment, thereby exposing workers to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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 location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure all sections of the scaffold were resting on adequate mud sills, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $0.00 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) At the worksite located at 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure employees were provided with a means of access for all areas where elevated platforms are more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $0.00 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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    ...in the alternative...    29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Guys, ties, and/or braces were not installed according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (56.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet ((0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less therafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91m) wide.    (a) At the worksite location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure scaffolds were erected by a competent person in that the height of the scaffold exceeded the necessary support structure for securement, thereby exposing employees to fall hazards and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2800.00 Reduced

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) At the worksite location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure employees were using fall protection when conducting work from a scaffold system with platforms greater than 10 feet, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  (a) At the worksite location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure toe boards or similar methods were used to prevent falling objects from striking employees, thereby exposing workers to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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) At the worksite location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure employees received training in recognizing fall hazards and implementing fall protection when working from a scaffold system, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work.  (a) At the worksite location of 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure employees received training in scaffold erection, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck  (a) At the worksite located at 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure employees received training in forklift operations, thereby exposing workers to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.  (a) At the worksite located at 25406 75th St., Salem, WI, the employer did not ensure spaces between platforms and uprights were no more than 1 inch, thereby exposing workers to trip hazards.