OSHA Inspection: NUCO ENTERPRISE, LLC

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

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)  Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a scaffold that was not fully planked at an approximate height of 20 feet from the base of the plank to the ground while performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a scaffold without mudsills at an approximate height of 20 feet from the base of the plank to the ground while performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of an approximate height of 20 feet from the base of the plank to the ground while working on a scaffold performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall without fall protection.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR  1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:   Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, the employer did not ensure employees were trained by a competent person by permitting the employees to erect, move, and dismantle supported scaffolding systems, at heights of approximately 20 feet above compacted soil while performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall exposing them to scaffolding hazards.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(7): Steps and rungs of ladder and stairway type access did not line up vertically with each other between rest platforms:  Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, employees accessed a scaffold platform with an approximate height of 20 feet above ground utilizing integral prefabricated scaffold access frames that did not line up vertically while performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall exposing them to fall hazards.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3972.00

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29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2): All brace connections were not secured:  Residential Apartment Masonry Project:  On or about May 21, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a scaffold with unsecured brace connections at an approximate height of 20 feet from the top to the ground while performing masonry work activities on the exterior of the brick wall.

Issued

2025-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $2838.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2):The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.  Company wide:  On or about August 5, 2025, the employer failed to report within 24 hours a  work-related incident resulting an in-patient hospitalization on May 21, 2025.