OSHA Inspection: NEWVIEW CONSTRUCTION MASONRY LLC

Issued

Aug 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,729 · Current $3,729

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                            a)Building  Exterior: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while laying concrete blocks in the elevator shaft and were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 2/17/22

Issued

Aug 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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) building Exterior: Employees working on a scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 to 20 feet onto the ground below. Scaffold was not  fully planked or decked, on or about 2/17/22

Issued

Aug 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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: Employees were using pipe scaffold frames and cross braces to access the scaffold, exposing employees to a fall of approximately 12 to 20 feet to the ground surface, on or about 2/17/22

Issued

Aug 16, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $4,351

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: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 to 20 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 2/17/22.