OSHA Inspection: BRICKSCAPES LLC

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): The employer did not ensure that each platform on all working levels was fully planked or decked between front uprights and the guardrail supports:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021:  A supported scaffold system with a work platform at height of 13 feet above ground was not fully planked.  b) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021:  A supported scaffold system with a work platform at height of 10 feet above ground was not fully planked.  c) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021:  A supported scaffold system with a work platform at height of 6 feet above ground was not fully planked.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(3): The front edge of platforms were more than 14 inches (36 cm) from the face of the work where guardrail systems were not erected along the front edge and/or personal fall arrest systems were not used in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section to protect employees from falling:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021:  An employee was permitted to worked at heights as high as 13 feet above ground level with the scaffold platform approximately 20 inches from the face of the house.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): The employer permitted that supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundations:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021: A supported scaffold system's adjustable legs were in direct contact with the ground and gravel, and without mud sills, while employees worked from the platform as high as 13 feet above ground.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021: Employees were permitted to climb the fabricated scaffold frames and cross braces to access and egress the scaffolding platforms as high as 13 feet above the ground and was not provided a ladder.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was protected from falling to the lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:    a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021: Workers repaired a chimney off the open side of a platform 13 feet above the ground level without fall protection.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2341.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a scaffold was provided with hardhats and additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toe boards, screens, or guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021: Employees were permitted to work 13 feet below an occupied scaffold platform and were not protected from falling objects, including but not limited to materials and handheld tools that could fall on employees.  b) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse, NY 13215, on or about 10/22/2021: Employees were permitted to work approximately 13-feet below fabricated frame scaffold platforms that were not equipped with toe boards.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): The employer did not ensure scaffolds were erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration and such activities were not performed by only experienced and trained employees:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021: A supported scaffold was not erected under the supervision of an individual knowledgeable in the scaffold construction standards.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  a) At 4898 Sherwood Drive, Syracuse,  NY  13215, on or about 10/22/2021:  Employees permitted and responsible for erecting a fabricated frame scaffolding systems, at heights as high as  13 feet above the ground were not trained by an individual knowledgeable in the scaffold construction requirements.