OSHA Inspection: MDM CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Mar 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) New residential construction located on Lot #144 at 327 Broder Farms Dr., Stockbridge, GA 30281, Front side of the structure: On or about 01/19/2023, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 14-feet, 2-inches to the lower level, in that a fully planked work platform on scaffold system was not provided to employees engaged in masonry activities.

Issued

Mar 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,607 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Cross braces shall not be used as a means of access.  a) New residential construction located on Lot #144 327 at Broder Farms Dr., Stockbridge, GA 30281, Front side of structure: On or about 01/19/2023, the employer exposed an employee to falls up to 14-feet, 2-inches to the lower level, in that a safe means of access to the work platform on the welded tubular scaffold system was not provided.

Issued

Mar 3, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,018 · Current $2,411 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.  a) New residential construction located on Lot #144 at 327 Broder Farms Dr., Stockbridge, GA 30281, Front side of the structure: On or about 01/19/2023, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards of approximately 14-feet, 2-inches to the lower level, in that a fall protection system was not used by employees engaged in bricklaying installation using a scaffold system.