OSHA Inspection: J & T BROTHERS, LLC

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,125 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 - Scaffold - Side - Employee engaged in masonry activities  was exposed to head injury while working on a scaffold without protective helmet under another employee , on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $850 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee was using eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.   a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold - Side - Employees engaged in masonry activities  were exposed to eye injury while working on a scaffold without eye protection, on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,875 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 of Building - Scaffold - Side - Employees engaged in masonry activities  were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 30 feet while working from scaffold platforms that were not fully planked, on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,875 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) Exterior of Building - Scaffold - Side - Employees engaged in masonry activities  were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 30 feet while working from scaffold platforms without proper access, on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,875 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.   a) Exterior of Building - Scaffold - Side - Employees engaged in masonry activities  were exposed to fall hazards ranging from approximately 6 feet to 30 feet while working from scaffold platforms without any means of fall protection, on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:  a) Exterior Stairway to Concrete Deck - Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 4 feet while accessing the concrete deck utilizing a wood stairway without any handrail, on or about 03/11/21.

Issued

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $8,192 · Current $3,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:   a) Exterior of Building - Articulated Boom - Side: Employee with a harnesses was engaged in masonry activities from the basket of an articulated boom lift without a harness and or lanyard connected to the basket, on or about 3/11/21  J & T Brothers, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1283258, citation number 01, item number 01A and was affirmed as a final order on 5/23/18, with respect to a workplace located at 2101 Penrose Ave., Philadelphia PA.