OSHA Inspection: BECCA MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,084 · Current $1,542 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  The employer is failing to protect employees from hazards associated with working with materials and chemicals such as, but not limited to, limestone, mortar, and cleaning acids. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri.  Employees regularly use these hazardous materials in which the employer fails to maintain a written program.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)  The employer is failing to protect employees from hazards associated with working with materials and chemicals such as, but not limited to, limestone, mortar, and cleaning acids. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri.  Employees regularly use these hazardous materials in which the employer fails to ensure that the safety data sheets are accessible to employees in case of exposure to ensure adequate precautions are taken to protect employees and proper aid is rendered to employees if exposed to chemical hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  The employer is failing to protect employees from hazards associated with working with materials and chemicals such as, but not limited to, limestone, mortar, and cleaning acids. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri.  Employees regularly use these hazardous materials in which the employer fails to train the employees on the safe usages and personal protective equipment necessary to safeguard the employees.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,699 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person:   The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards, chemical hazards, and overhead hazards . This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. The employer does not have a competent person make frequent and regular inspections of the site to in order to recognize and mitigate  fall hazard, chemical hazards, electrical, and overhead hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,969 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:  The employer is failing to protect employees from overhead hazards associated with working on or near scaffolding while erecting, staging, and hoisting materials and equipment. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. Employees were exposed to overhead hazards from equipment, materials, and other employees and were not wearing any means of head protection such as hard hats.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $3,239 Reduced

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:   The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated on a fabricated framed scaffolding. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri.  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on scaffold platforms and the planking running from the scaffolding to the roof structure and were not  protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, which includes the use of with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $3,239 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  The employer is failing to protect employees from overhead hazards associated with working on or near scaffolding while erecting, staging, and hoisting materials and equipment. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. Employees were exposed to overhead hazards from equipment, materials, and other employees and the work platform was provided with toeboards. Toeboards are necessary to prevent these materials from being inadvertently dropped on employees working beneath the materials.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,699 Reduced

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:   The employer is failing to train employees on the recognition of fall hazards associated with working on a fabricated framed scaffolding. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. Inadequately trained employees were exposed to fall hazards as a result of not receiving training from a person qualified to recognize the hazards and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $3,779 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall hazards associated with working on a steep roof. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a steep roof and employees were not protected from falling by the use of  guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Jan 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,699 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  The employer is failing to provide training to employees on the recognition of fall hazards associated with working on steep roofs. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. Inadequately trained employees were exposed to fall hazards as a result of not receiving training on the recognition and mitigation of fall hazards and use of approved fall protection equipment.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Abate by

Dec 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $771 · Current $386 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent:    The employer is failing to record a work-related fatality on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2020. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. A work related fatality occurred on September 4, 2020 and as of September 11, 2020, the employer had not recorded or created an OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.

Issued

Dec 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $1,928 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:   The employer is failing to report a work-related fatality to the Occupation Safety and Health Administration within 8 hours of the death of an employee. This was most recently documented on or about September 4, 2020, at a jobsite located at 12 Seminole Circle, Lake Winnebago, Missouri. A work related fatality occurred on September 4, 2020 and the employer failed to contact OSHA jurisdictional office until September 11, 2020.