OSHA Inspection: DUQUE'S BROTHERS MASONRY INC

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:   a) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA- The employer did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to enable employees to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions such as but not limited to falls.  Condition was noted on or about May, 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i):Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  a) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- The employer did not ensure that employees were protected from falls. Employees were working on a scaffold at heights greater than 10 feet without the use of a fall protection system; thus exposing employees to fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about May 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- The employer did not ensure that the scaffold was fully planked thus exposing the employee working from the 2nd and 3rd levels to trip and fall hazards of up to 19 feet.  Condition was observed on or about May 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7):Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  a) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- The employer did not ensure that the scaffold was erected by a competent person who was trained and experienced to supervise the proper assembly of the scaffold. Employees were engaged in stucco activities on the outside of a residential building  while working from a scaffold that was missing guardrails, toeboards, was not fully planked, missing adjustable base plates, missing a safe means of entry and egress, and was not on solid ground; thus exposing the employees to struck-by and fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about May 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- The Employer did not ensure that the scaffold legs were erected on a firm foundation by utilizing adjustable base plates; thus exposing employees to scaffold collapse hazards.  Condition was observed on or about May 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold 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 located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- 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  Condition was observed on or about May, 17, 2022.

Issued

2022-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-11-29 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  a) Jobsite located at 132 Main Street Phoenixville, PA.- The employer did not ensure that employees were provided a safe means to access and egress the scaffold. Employees had to access and egress the scaffold by climbing on the scaffold frames and crossbraces; thus exposing employees to fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about May 17, 2022.