OSHA Inspection: PALMA GENERAL MASONRY, LLC

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee who was required to work below overhead masonry activities was equipped with a protective helmet.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3729.00 · Current $2237.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the wood scaffold platform/plank that the employee was required to work from was capable of supporting at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it:  On or about November 7, 2022, an employee sustained injuries to his left hand after falling to the ground when a wood scaffold plank, he was working from broke in two.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1865.00 Reduced

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):  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that all working levels where employees were required to work from were fully planked.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1865.00 Reduced

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:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the metal frame scaffold that employees were required to work from, rested on a sound and rigid footing.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1865.00 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:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee who was required to gain access to the scaffold platform at a height of 22 feet above the ground was provided with a safe means of access.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2611.00 Reduced

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:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the metal frame scaffold that employees were required to work from was erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question. The training shall include the following topics, as applicable:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that employees who were required to work from the metal frame scaffold, were trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the scaffold.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2611.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that employees who were required to work from the metal frame scaffold were equipped with personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems.

Issued

2022-12-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces according to the manufacturer's recommendations.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the metal frame scaffold that employees were required to work from was equipped with ties that met the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations.