OSHA Inspection: SMSE CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,024 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) Exterior of Building left side: Employees were exposed to head injury while engaged in mason activities without the use of protective helmets. Employees were standing underneath the scaffold pully without the use of head protection, on or about  3/12/20.

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,470 · Current $1,735 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) Building Exterior-left side of the building: An Employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while cutting bricks with a demo saw without the use of eye and face protection. Employee was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 3/12/20

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,024 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  (a): Exterior left side: Employees working on the forth level of the scaffold are exposed to fall hazards of approximately 225 feet onto the ground below below due to scaffold deck not being fully planked, on or about 3/12/2020.

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,024 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.    a) Building Exterior Back: Employees were using pipe scaffold frames and cross braces to access the scaffold, exposing employees to a fall of approximately 25 feet to the ground surface, on or about 3/12/20.

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,024 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) Building Exterior-Back: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet while walking/working on the scaffold platform without the use of personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 3/12/2020

Issued

Jun 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,169 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(2)(ii): Water was not applied at flow rates sufficient to minimize release of visible dust for tasks performed using wet methods:  a) Building Exterior-front façade: The employer did not apply water to minimize the release of visible dust while dry cutting a concrete, the employee was exposed to silica dust while dry cutting bricks STIHL demo saw, on or about 3/12/20.