OSHA Inspection: BRIAN MEAGER

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    (a) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employee performing residential construction work were exposed to hazards such as falls and falling objects without the benefit of accident prevention programs.  Such programs would enable employees to recognize and protect themselves from these hazards.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees performing masonry work from a scaffold for a new residential structure were not trained to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while working from the scaffold.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1136.00 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) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees performing masonry work on or below a welded frame scaffold during residential construction, were not protected from potential overhead falling object hazards through the use of protective helmets.  Potential falling objects such as but not limited to bricks and tools could strike an employee and cause a head injury.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 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) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees performing masonry work from a scaffold for a new residential structure were not protected from falling object hazards.  Employees were exposed to potential struck by hazards from objects such as bricks and tools without protective measures.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $1421.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were modified in order to intermix them and a competent person did not determine that the resulting scaffold was structurally sound:    (a) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold that was assembled using intermixed parts.  The fabricated frame scaffold had attachments from a tube and coupler scaffold extended off of the fabricated frame.  Employees were exposed to potential fall hazards of approximately 12 feet in the event of a scaffold collapse or tip over.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold that did not have the baseplates attached or the appropriate mudsills.  Employer were exposed to potential fall hazards of 12 feet in the event of a tip over or collapse.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    (a) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold that had not been inspected by a competent person.  The scaffold had several deficiencies that would have been identified and corrected by a competent person, including but not limited to missing pins, baseplates, bracing, and a lack of fall protection.  Such deficiencies exposed employees to potential fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a scaffold without fall protection.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:    (a) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a welded frame scaffold that was missing bracing at the lower level.  Missing bracing would decrease the stability of the scaffold and increase the probability of a tip over or collapse, exposing employees to potential fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(3): Frames and panels were not joined together vertically by coupling or stacking pins or equivalent means:    (a) Brian Meager, dba M&M Masonry, on or about January 2nd, 2019, at the location of 3000 West Erie Ave., Lorain, OH, 44053: Employees were performing masonry work from a welded frame scaffold that was missing stacking pins.  Missing pins could cause decreased stability, exposing employees to potential fall hazards of 12 feet in the event of a tip over or collapse.