OSHA Inspection: AA STUCCO AND MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,865 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.28(a): The employer did not require the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions.   a) Future Site of LifeStorage Mobile, AL (Scaffold Systems/Job Site): On or about July 08, 2022, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards in that hand protection or chemical resistant gloves were not required to wear by employees applying stucco finishing chemicals during construction activities.

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   a) Future Site of LifeStorage Mobile, AL (Scaffold Systems/Job Site): On or about July 08, 2022, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards in that eye protection was not utilized by employees while applying stucco finishing chemicals during construction activities.

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $3,108 · Current $2,000 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) Future Site of LifeStorage - Mobile, Al (Northwest Wall Scaffold System (Bridge)): On or about the July 08, 2022, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that employees climbed down the sides supports of the scaffold system to access the top of the fourth (4th) buck without the use of a ladder or other means of safe access.

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a) Future Site of LifeStorage - Mobile, Al (Scaffold Systems): On or about the July 08, 2022, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that employees were required to use a scaffold system that was not inspected by the "competent person" for structural integrity before the beginning of the work shift at 07:30am.

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that 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) Future Site of LifeStorage - Mobile, Al (Southwest Wall Scaffold System): On or about the July 08, 2022, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that fall protection was not utilized by employees working on the top level of a five buck scaffold system with missing guardrail sections during stucco construction activities at approximately thirty (30) feet to the concrete and ground below.

Issued

Sep 1, 2022

Abate by

Sep 12, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.59:  As referenced by 1910.1200(e)(1), at this job site, the employer had not developed, implemented, and maintained at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals at the jobsite:  a) Future Site of LifeStorage Mobile, AL (Jobsite): On or about July 08, 2022, and at times prior;  the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not develop, implement or train employees on a written hazard communication program to assist employees using hazardous chemicals such as but not limited Finestone Limestone TB MWT, Adhesive Base Coat, and Alumina Perlino during stucco construction activities.