OSHA Inspection: M&B MASONRY CONTRACTORS

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 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 back: Employees were exposed to head injury while engaged in mason activities without the use of protective helmets. Employees were standing underneath the scaffold pulley without the use of head protection, on or about  11/18/21.  b) a) Exterior of Building back: Employees were exposed to head injury while engaged in mason activities without the use of protective helmets. Employees were standing underneath the scaffold without the use of head protection, on or about  11/18/21.

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a) Building Exterior-Back: Employees were  exposed to eye/face injuries while laying bricks with without the use of eye and face protection. Employees were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 11/18/21.

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 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 Back: Employees working on the second level of the scaffold were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 13 feet onto the ground below due to scaffold deck not being fully planked, on or about 11/18/21

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2):Each scaffold platform and walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  a)Building Exterior Back: Employees were working on a scaffold platform that was only 9 inches  wide, on or above 11/18/21

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $1,865 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.    a) Building Exterior Back: Employees were using a tubular welded pipe scaffold that was not provided with a ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, walkways,  on or about 11/18/21.

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(9)(iv):The use of cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds was not prohibited as a means of access or egress.  a) Building Exterior Back: Employees were using pipe scaffold frames and cross braces to access the scaffold, exposing employees to a fall of approximately 13 feet to the ground surface, on or about 11/18/21.

Issued

May 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $2,176 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) Building Exterior-Back: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 13 feet while walking/working on the scaffold platform without the use of personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 11/18/21.