OSHA Inspection: M & A RAMIREZ MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Feb 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $700 Reduced

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 is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform):    On or about December 26, 2019, employees were exposed to a fall hazard to the ground level below while performing masonry activities without the scaffold platform being fully planked.

Issued

Feb 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:    On or about December 26, 2019, employees were exposed to a fall hazard to the ground level below while accessing the scaffold platform without a ladder attached.

Issued

Feb 14, 2020

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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:    On or about December 26, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a fabricated frame scaffold without being trained on fall hazard recognition.

Issued

Feb 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $700 Reduced

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):       On or about December 26, 2019, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than 6 feet to the ground level below while installing masonry bricks from the front porch patio without having a fall protection system in place.

Issued

Feb 14, 2020

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was 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:    On or about December 26, 2019, employees were exposed to a respiratory hazard while mixing Portland Cement Type S, which contains silica, without performing an employee exposure assessment to respirable silica.