OSHA Inspection: ZUFALL AND SONS INC

Issued

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1809.00 · Current $1085.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   On or around June 9, 2025, Zufall & Sons, Inc., located at 19 Washington Terrace in St. Louis, Missouri, exposed workers on a scaffold higher than 6 feet without providing fall protection.

Issued

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances S103

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was 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.  On or around June 9, 2025, at Zufall & Sons, Inc., located at 19 Washington Terrace in St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Donald Zufall was observed cutting bricks with a saw, generating silica dust, and exposing himself and other workers without appropriate PPE such as respirators.

Issued

2025-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances S103

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury.  On or around June 9, 2025, Zufall & Sons, Inc., located at 19 Washington Terrace in St. Louis, Missouri, exposed workers to silica dust by not conducting risk evaluation, safety training on silica and providing appropriate PPE to prevent exposure associated to illness or injury from silica dust.