OSHA Inspection: NORTHLAND CONCRETE AND MASONRY COMPANY, LLC

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $7250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.251(c)(7): Sling legs shall not be kinked:  (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure that the sling legs were free from kinks on the 1/2-inch diameter, four-legged wire rope bridle sling rigging used for hoisting personnel. This condition exposed employees to falls, crushing and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $10150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls while using personal fall arrest systems that were anchored to unsecured formwork on a suspended Doka working platform.   The formwork separated from the platform and employees fell to the ground below. This condition exposed employees to fall, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $10150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1425(b): While the operator was not moving the suspended load, employees were permitted to be within the fall zone:  (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure employees were restricted from working under a suspended load within the fall zone, hoisted by the 20 Ton Liebherr Tower Crane, Model: 550 HC20. This condition exposed employees to crushing and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $10150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1425(c)(1): The employer did not make sure that the materials being hoisted when employees were hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load were rigged to prevent unintentional displacement:  (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure the Doka work platform was rigged to prevent unintentional displacement. The unequal weight involving three sides of formwork, metal box of taper ties and associated equipment to include inadequate rigging caused the platform to shift vertically resulting in two employees, formwork, and material to fall 40 feet to the ground. This condition exposed employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $10150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1431(a): The use of equipment to hoist employees is prohibited except where the employer demonstrates that the erection, use, and dismantling of conventional means of reaching the work area, such as a personnel hoist, ladder, stairway, aerial lift, elevating work platform, or scaffold, would be more hazardous, or is not possible because of the project's structural design or worksite conditions:  (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not prohibit employees from being hoisted on a Doka working platform that did not meet the requirements related to hoisting personnel. The employer allowed employees to be hoisted on the platform that supported formwork and miscellaneous material to be moved vertically into position for the next concrete pour. The platform shifted and tipped vertically, causing the formwork, box of ties, and employees to be pulled off the platform and fall approximately 40 feet, causing serious injury to the employees. This condition exposed employees to fall and struck-by hazards.  (b)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not prohibit employees from being hoisted on formwork scaffolding that did not meet the requirements related to hoisting personnel. Employees remained on a section of wall form scaffolding on the exterior of the north elevator core shaft, while the system was being moved vertically for the next concrete pour. This condition exposed employees to fall and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1431(e)(1): The personnel platform and attachment/suspension system used for hoisting personnel was not designed by a qualified person familiar with structural design:   (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure the Doka working platform was designed by a qualified person for the purpose of hoisting personnel. This condition exposed employees to fall, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1431(f)(3)(i): Materials and tools were not secured to prevent displacement:   (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards in that, formwork, metal box of ties, and associated equipment being hoisted on the Doka work platform were not secured to the platform. This condition exposed employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1431(f)(3)(ii): Materials and tools were not evenly distributed within the confines of the platform while it is suspended:   (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure employees were protected from falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards in that formwork, metal box of ties, and equipment being hoisted on the Doka platform were not evenly distributed within the confines of the platform. This condition exposed employees to falls, crushing, and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2023-11-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1431(h)(1): A trial lift with the unoccupied personnel platform loaded at least to the anticipated lift weight was not performed from ground level, or any other location where employees will enter the platform, to each location at which the platform is to be hoisted and positioned. Where there is more than one location to be reached from a single set-up position, either individual trial lifts for each location, or a single trial lift, in which the platform is moved sequentially to each location, must be performed; the method selected must be the same as the method that will be used to hoist the personnel:   (a)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure a trial lift was performed involving the unoccupied Doka platform before personnel were hoisted. This condition exposed employees to fall, crushing, and struck-by hazards.  (b)Northland Concrete and Masonry Company, LLC at 1508 West 22nd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to May 25, 2023, the exposing employer did not ensure a trial lift was performed involving the unoccupied man-basket before personnel were hoisted. This condition exposed employees to fall, crushing, and struck-by hazards.