OSHA Inspection: ESCAJEDA MASONRY, LLC.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows in 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - The Working Forman performed masonry operations while standing and walking on two planks from a fabricated frame scaffold up to 25 feet above the ground level.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity):  a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - The Working Forman performed masonry operations while standing and walking on two planks from a fabricated frame scaffold up to 25 feet above ground level. The working foreman was not using any parts of a personal fall arrest system while squatting and bending within the edge of the scaffold.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(2): Where respirator use was required by this section, the employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:    a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - The employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 when employees were using a hand held grinder while pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.  The employer did not fully and properly implement practices specified by Table 1 for the task.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program.  Employees were wearing tight-fitting respirator while pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - Employees were not provided medical evaluation before respirator usage.  Employees were wearing tight-fitting respirator during pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph:  a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - Employees did not have an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) prior to wearing tight-fitting respirator during pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1):  For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:    a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - Employees were using a hand held grinder while pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.  The employer did not fully and properly implement practices specified by Table 1 for the task.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 -  The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee exposed to respirable crystalline silica. Employees were using a hand held grinder while pointing brick parapet wall which created potentially silica containing dust.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employers covered by the standard, which included employers who fully and properly implement the specified exposure controls in Table 1, did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contains at least the following elements 1926.1153(g)(1)(i)-(iv):   a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - Employees were using a hand held grinder while pointing brick parapet wall which created potential silica containing dust.  The employer did not establish a written exposure control plan describing workplace exposures and ways to reduce those exposures, such as engineering controls, work practices, housekeeping methods, and restricting access to areas where high exposures occur.

Issued

2020-02-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employees were not provided hazard communication training that included the measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used:  a) Jobsite, 1001 Wood Street, Wilkinsburg, PA, On or about October 18, 2019 - Employees were using a hand held grinder while pointing brick parapet wall which created potentially silica containing dust.  The employer did not provide hazard communication training that included health hazards, specific procedures and appropriate work practices concerning this task.