OSHA Inspection: BLOCKZ MASONRY LLC

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $3972 · Current $2383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On the 2nd floor of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to safety hazards, in that a Written Accident Prevention Program was not maintained for employees before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)   On the 2nd floor of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite were not done while employees were performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $3972 · Current $2383 Reduced

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 supported scaffold on the upper floor of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that a competent person did not inspect the scaffold before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 supported scaffold on the upper floor of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that fall protection was not used by employees while performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.   On supported scaffold on the upper floor of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in that fall protection training in how to recognize and minimize fall hazards was not given to employees before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $3972 · Current $2383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  On the 2nd floor in front of window openings of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards, in guard rails were not installed before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   On the 2nd floor in front of window openings of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards in that; training in how to recognize and minimize fall hazards was not given to employees  before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $2838 · Current $1703 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:   On the 2nd floor in front of window openings of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to impalement hazards in that; reinforcing steel located approximately 13 feet below where the employees could fall was not guarded before performing masonry work.

Issued

2026-04-10

Abate by

2026-04-22

Penalty

Initial $1702 · Current $1021 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:   On the stairway used for access in the garage of a new construction residential home, located at 5008 West Dickens, Tampa, Florida 33629: On or about 3/11/2026, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards in that; the stairway was not equipped with at least one handrail and one stair rail along each unprotected side before performing masonry work.