OSHA Inspection: BE MASONRY, LLC

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,217 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  At the job site, employees were not provided eye protection when operating a Dewalt masonry saw while cutting bricks and stone were exposed to eye injuries from flying objects.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,217 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(1): When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.  At the jobsite, employees operating a Dewalt  14" masonry saw was not equipped with a guard,  while cutting concrete stone/brick, exposing employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,148 · Current $1,825 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).  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked. The employees performing masonry activities were exposed to a 12 feet fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $1,521 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without ladder access. The employees used the cross bracing to access and egress the scaffold system and exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $1,521 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without guardrails. The employees performing masonry activities were exposed to a 12 feet fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $913 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  At the construction site, employees were working on a welded frame scaffold without training to recognize and remove hazards and exposed to being struck by material falling from above and fall hazards.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,217 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.  At the construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees using a Dewalt masonry saw to cut bricks/stone were protected from being exposed to silica dust with the use of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection.

Issued

Jan 22, 2024

Abate by

Feb 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  At the residential construction site, the employer did not assess the exposure for employees using a Dewalt masonry saw, exposing employees to potentially silica.