OSHA Inspection: MASONRY CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2020-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports such that space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights.   A) New Warehouse Construction, Exterior Plastering Work - 801 E Linden Avenue, Linden NJ 07036  The employer did not ensure that each working level of a scaffold is fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports, exposing employees working on the platform to fall hazards.   Condition noted on or about 02/18/2020.

Issued

2020-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2000.00 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) New Warehouse Construction, Exterior Plastering Work - 801 E Linden Avenue, Linden NJ 07036  Employees performing plastering operations from a fabricated frame scaffold were using the crossbraces to ascend and descend the lower level working areas of the fabricated frame scaffold, exposing employees to fall hazards.  Condition noted on or about 02/18/2020.

Issued

2020-03-24 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) New Warehouse Construction, Exterior Plastering Work - 801 E Linden Avenue, Linden NJ 07036  The employer allowed employees to work on scaffolding without adequate training by a competent person to recognize hazards.  Condition noted on or about 02/18/2020

Issued

2020-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i), through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   A) New Warehouse Construction, Exterior Plastering Work - 801 E Linden Avenue, Linden NJ 07036  Employees performing plastering work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 30 feet to the lowest level where the employer failed to ensure that employees were using personal fall arrest system or the scaffold had guardrail system installed.  Condition noted on or about 02/18/2020.

Issued

2020-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer failed to certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.  A) New Warehouse Construction, Exterior Plastering Work - 801 E Linden Avenue, Linden NJ 07036  The employer did not ensure that the operator of the JLG Skytrak 5042 telescopic forklift had completed training and had the proper documentation of such training.  Condition noted on or about 02/18/2020