OSHA Inspection: LOPEZ STUCCO & EIFS LLC

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3405.00 · Current $3405.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked.  (a) One Davis Square Jobsite, Exterior: On or about March 20, 2025, employees were working from a frame scaffold at heights ranging from 6 feet 4 inches to 12 feet 8 inches while performing exterior surfacing work. The two working levels of the scaffold were not fully planked, with as many as six planks missing from each level, exposing employees to fall hazards.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section.   (a) One Davis Square Jobsite, Exterior: On or about March 20, 2025, an employee was working on the top plank of a frame scaffold while performing exterior surfacing work. The employee was not protected from falling and was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet 4 inches to 12 feet 8 inches to the ground below.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.   (a) One Davis Square Jobsite, Exterior: On or about March 20, 2025, employees were working from a frame scaffold while performing exterior surfacing work. The scaffold did not have base plates and two of the frame legs/posts did not have mudsills, exposing employees to fall hazards.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2270.00 · Current $2270.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6)(i): Integral prefabricated scaffold access frames were not specifically designed or constructed for use as ladder rungs.   (a) On or about March 20, 2025, employees were observed climbing the structural through frames of the scaffold, which are designed for support and not for climbing, exposing employees to fall hazards ranging from 6 foot 4 inches up to 12 foot 8 inches.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): A safety and health program was not initiated and maintained to provide compliance with the general safety and health provisions of the standard.   (a) On or about March 20, 2025, a safety and health program had not been initiated and maintained which addressed the following basic elements:   1. Management Leadership-Management leadership means that business owners, managers and supervisors: - Make worker safety and health a core organizational value.  -Are fully committed to eliminating hazards, protecting workers and continuously improving workplace safety and health.  -Provide sufficient resources to implement and maintain the safety and health program.  -Visibly demonstrate and communicate their safety and health commitment to workers and others.  -Set an example through their own actions.   2. Worker Participation-All workers at a worksite should participate, including those employed by contractors, subcontractors and temporary staffing agencies. In an effective safety and health program, all workers: -Are encouraged to participate in the program and feel comfortable providing input and reporting safety or health concerns.  -Have access to information they need to participate effectively in the program.  -Have opportunities to participate in all phases of program design and implementation.  -Do not experience retaliation when they raise safety and health concerns, report injuries, illnesses and hazards, participate in the program or exercise safety and health rights.   3. Hazard Identification and Assessment - To identify and assess hazards, employers and workers: -Collect and review information about the hazards present or likely to be present in the workplace.  -Conduct initial and periodic workplace inspections of the workplace to identify new or recurring hazards.  -Investigate injuries, illnesses, incidents and close calls/near misses to determine the underlying hazards, their causes and safety and health program shortcomings.  -Group similar incidents and identify trends in injuries, illnesses and hazards reported.  -Consider hazards associated with emergency or non-routine situations.  -Determine the severity and likelihood of incidents that could result for each hazard identified and use this information to prioritize corrective actions.   4. Hazard Prevention and Control - To effectively control and prevent hazards, employers should: -Involve workers, who often have the best understanding of the conditions that create hazards and insights into how they can be controlled.  -Identify and evaluate options for controlling hazards, using a "hierarchy of controls."  -Use a hazard control plan to guide the selection and implementation of controls and implement controls according to the plan.  -Develop plans with measures to protect workers during emergencies and non-routine activities.  -Evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls to determine whether they continue to provide protection, or whether different controls may be more effective.  -Review new technologies for their potential to be more protective, more reliable, or less costly.   5. Education and Training - Education and training provides employers, managers, supervisors and workers with:  -Knowledge and skills needed to do their work safely and avoid creating hazards that could place themselves or others at risk. - Awareness and understanding of workplace hazards and how to identify, report, and control them.  -Specialized training when their work involves unique hazards.   6. Program Evaluation and Improvement - Program evaluation and improvement includes: -Establishing, reporting and tracking goals and targets that indicate whether the program is making progress.  -Evaluating the program initially and periodically thereafter to identify shortcomings and opportunities for improvement. -Providing ways for workers to participate in program evaluation and improvement.   7. Communication and Coordination for Host Employers, Contractors and Staffing Agencies - Effective communication and coordination among such employers means that before coming on site, contractors and staffing agencies and their workers are aware of: -The types of hazards that may be present.  -The procedures or measures they need to use to avoid or control their exposure to these hazards.  -How to contact the host employer to report an injury, illness or incident or if they have a safety concern.  8. It also means that host employers and their workers are aware of: -The types of hazards that may arise from the work being done on site by workers employed by contractors or staffing agencies.  -The procedures or measures needed to avoid or control exposure to these hazards.  -How to contact the contract or staffing firm if they have a safety concern.  -What to do in case of an emergency.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2270.00 · Current $2270.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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.    (a) One Davis Square Jobsite, Exterior: On or about March 20, 2025, employees were not wearing eye protection while mixing and applying Dryvit Sandblast Mid Base 1030197DS as part of the EIFS system, exposing the employees to potential eye injuries.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2025-09-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.  (Construction Industry Reference 1926.59).     (a) One Davis Square Jobsite, Exterior: On or about March 20, 2025, the employer did not develop and/or implement a hazard communication program for employees working with or around hazardous substances, including but not limited to Dryvit Sandblast Mid Base 1030197DS, exposing employees to health hazards, skin and eye irritations.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.