OSHA Inspection: TRAVIS PRICE MASONRY AND PLASTERING LLC

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $1702.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6):The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.  On or about November 19, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209:  the employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D, to employees who were provided N95 filtering-facepiece respirators for voluntary use.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: employees were exposed to struck by hazards from falling tools and construction debris while conducting masonry activities below a scaffold without any form of head protection.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $1702.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1):Specified exposure control methods. 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.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls and work practice specified in Table 1 for the task of using stationary masonry saws for uses other than Use saw equipped with integrated water delivery system that continuously feeds water to the blade. Employees utilized a Husqvarna Masonry Saw (Model: MS360, Serial: 2023 4670006) to trim engineered stone (quartz) workpieces buy cutting the silica container material. The employer did not assess the exposure of employees to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(d)(2)(i):General. The employer shall assess the exposure of each employee who is 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.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may have been reasonably expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level. The employer did not assess the employee's exposures based on air monitoring or objective data when an employee was assisting while concrete masonry brick was cut with a stationary masonry saw.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(i)(1):Communication of respirable crystalline silica hazards to employees-Hazard communication. The employer shall include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200). The employer shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of crystalline silica and safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraph (i)(2) of this section. The employer shall ensure that at least the following hazards are addressed: Cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not have a hazard communication program and did not provide access to SDS for respirable crystalline silica from masonry brick cutting. The employer did not provide training to employees on the health hazards of cancer, lung effect, immune system effects, and kidney effects related to exposure to respirable crystalline silica produced during masonry brick cutting with a stationary masonry saw.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each 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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: (Construction Reference:  1926.59)  On or about November 18, 2025 at a worksite located at 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program when employees worked with hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited airborne respirable crystalline silica during concrete masonry brick cutting with a stationary masonry saw.  All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1200(e) through (h) must be covered in a written hazard communication program. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:  1) Written program 2) List of workplace chemicals 3) Collection of SDS 4) Container labeling 5) Employee information and training

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(1):Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.  On or about November 18, 2025 at a worksite located at 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not have safety data sheets (SDS) for each hazardous chemical which they used, including but not limited to concrete masonry products.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(2):Information. Employees shall be informed of: (i) The requirements of this section; (ii) Any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals are present; and (3) The location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets required by this section: (Construction Reference:  1926.59)  On or about November 18, 2025 at a worksite located at 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209; the employer did not provide employees information on the requirements of the hazard communication standard, that the concrete masonry brick they were working with was a hazardous chemical, nor the location of any Safety Data Sheets.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $2384.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1):Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: employees were exposed to falls of approximately 18 feet while working from a tubular welded frame Waco scaffold that did not have a means of restrain. The tubular welded frame scaffold was stacked four high.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 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, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: employees were exposed to falls of approximately 18 feet while working from a tubular welded frame Waco scaffold that did not contain the necessary base plates. The legs of the tubular scaffold were bearing on concrete stacked four high.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: the employer failed to ensure that the tubular welded frame Waco Scaffold was inspected for defects following its assembly, exposing employees to fall hazards exceeding 18 feet.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i):Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews.  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: the employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards of over 21 feet while conducting work in a platform were protected by a guardrail system.

Issued

2025-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard shall be erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below, except on float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent may be used in lieu of toeboards;  On or about November 18, 2025, at location 7403 Memorial Drive, Egg Harbor, WI 54209: the employer did not ensure that employees working below a three section scaffold where employees were working were protected from falling objects.