OSHA Inspection: G. LOLOS MASONRY CORPORATION

Issued

Nov 7, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,419 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer did not 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. On or about July 6, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees using handheld power-driven circular saw and electric jack hammer did not wear safety glasses, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with eye injuries.

Issued

Nov 7, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  a. On or about July 6, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees performing demolition activities from the roof were exposed to falls, twenty-four (24) feet five (5) inches, created by the presence of unprotected sides.

Issued

Nov 7, 2022

Abate by

Dec 2, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,571 · Current $0 Reduced

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. On or about July 6, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees conducting masonry operations from a mobile scaffold work platform, approximately eighteen (18) feet above the ground, were exposed to fall hazards due to the lack of a complete guardrail system.  The G. LOLOS MASONRY CORPORATION was previously cited for an equivalent violation of this occupational safety and health standard 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1346417, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on November 20, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 19990 S. LaGrange Road, MOKENA, IL 60448.

Issued

Nov 7, 2022

Abate by

Nov 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,786 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1):Specified exposure control methods. For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.  a. On or about July 6, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were conducting masonry operations to include but not limited to; the removal/demolition of masonry brick that contained Crystalline Quarts Silica, by use of a handheld power-driven circular saw.  The employer did not implement engineering controls, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with silica.  b. a. On or about July 6, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were conducting masonry operations to include but not limited to; the removal/demolition of masonry brick that contained Crystalline Quarts Silica, by use of a handheld power-driven circular saw.  The employer did not implement engineering controls, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with silica.