OSHA Inspection: NEW MB GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Jan 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to assist in identifying working conditions which were hazardous to the health and safety of their employees, such as, but not limited to, fall hazards.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Jan 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work on a scaffold be 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) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not train employees to recognize the hazards that are present when working from supported tubular welded frame scaffolds,  such as, but not limited to, falls, and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Dec 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(a)(1):Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means.  a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not ensure that employees conducting bricklaying operations from a scaffold, and working within 5 feet of an unguarded overhead  13 kilovolts power line, were protected from electric shock hazards.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Dec 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(a)(3):Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit.  a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, prior to conducting masonry operations from the 5th working platform of a scaffold, approximately 37 feet above the ground level, the employer did not ascertain whether his employees could come into physical contact with an unguarded 13 kilovolts overhead power line through the performance of their work. The work activity of the employees was within 5 feet of the unguarded overhead power line.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Dec 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them was within 10 feet of exposed and energized power lines less then 50 kv.   a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer erected a scaffold within 5 feet from an unguarded 13 kilovolts overhead power line exposing employees conducting masonry operations from the 5th working platform of the scaffold, approximately 37 feet above the ground level, to electrocution hazards.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Dec 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia -  On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not provide a safe means of access to and from each level of a scaffold by the use of portable ladders, hook-on ladders or other acceptable means.  Employees climbed the scaffold end frames to access the 5th working platform measuring approximately 37 feet above ground level.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Dec 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not ensure employees conducting masonry operations from two supported tubular welded frame scaffolds, approximately 37 feet above the ground level,  were protected from falls by the use of a fall protection system.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Jan 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which described how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200 paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met.  a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program. Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, Calcium Carbonate, and Crystalline Silica Quartz contained in the mortar used for masonry activities.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Jan 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:   a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not maintain at the jobsite copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical. Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, Calcium Carbonate, and Crystalline Silica Quartz contained in the mortar used during the masonry activities.

Issued

Dec 22, 2021

Abate by

Jan 12, 2022

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.  a) Jobsite: 1754 N 22nd St, Philadelphia - On or about June 23, 2021, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals.  Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate, Calcium Carbonate, and Crystalline Silica Quartz  contained in mortar used during masonry activities.