OSHA Inspection: PENN GMT CORPORATION

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3047.00 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  a) Jobsite: 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115 - On or about August 5, 2022, the employer did not provide a safe means of access to and from each level of the scaffold by the use of portable ladders, hook-on ladders or other acceptable means.  An employee climbed the scaffold end frames to access the 2nd working platform approximately 13 feet above the ground level.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3047.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  a) Jobsite: 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115 - On or about August 5, 2022, the employer did not ensure employees conducting masonry operations from two supported tubular welded frame scaffolds, approximately 13 feet above the ground level,  were protected from falls by the use of a fall protection system.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3047.00 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) Jobsite located at 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115- On or about August 5, 2022, the employer failed to ensure that the employees conducting masonry work along unprotected sides & edges of a commercial building, at a height of approximately 17 feet above ground level, were protected from fall hazards by the use of a fall protection system.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115 - On or about August 5, 2022, the employer did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to assist in identifying, avoiding and controlling working conditions which were hazardous to the health and safety of their employees, such as, but not limited to fall and hazardous chemical hazards.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Jobsite: 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115 - On or about August 5, 2022, the employer did not provide a training program for each employee in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards while conducing masonry operations.

Issued

2023-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4018.00 · Current $2612.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.  a) Jobsite: 9418 Bustleton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19115 - On or about August 5, 2022, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals.  Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Crystalline Silica Quartz  contained in mortar used during masonry activities.