OSHA Inspection: P & F MASONRY RESTORATION, INC.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

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)   Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards, where work areas of the scaffold were not fully planked.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on scaffolding, where proper scaffolds access was not provided.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of more than 30 feet, where scaffolds were not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to fall hazards of more than 30 feet, where top and bottom rail components were missing on scaffold end sections.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 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:  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from falling overhead debris, where hardhats were not worn.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

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.  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level, where the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task.

Issued

2020-12-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-15 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 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:  Location: Rear of 82 Jersey St. Boston Ma   On or about August 12, 2020, employees were exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level, where the employer did not assess the exposure levels.