OSHA Inspection: ROBERT HATHAWAY MASONRY, INC.

Issued

2021-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  On or about April 27, 2021, during the installation of masonry brick at a work site located at 126 W. Main St, Madison, Ohio 44057, the employer did not ensure employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were protected from falling by ensuring all working platforms were fully planked or decked.

Issued

2021-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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 April 27, 2021, during the installation of masonry brick at a work site located at 126 W. Main St, Madison, Ohio 44057, the employer did not ensure a fabricated frame scaffold was properly erected by not utilizing base plates to disperse weight of the scaffold on all end frames while employees were actively engaged in work upon the scaffold.

Issued

2021-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.  On or about April 27, 2021, during the installation of masonry brick at a work site located at 126 W. Main St, Madison, Ohio 44057; the employer did not ensure employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were provided safe means of access and or egress, in that employees climbed end frames of scaffolding to access elevated work platform areas.

Issued

2021-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level.   On or about April 27, 2021, during the installation of masonry brick at a work site located at 126 W. Main St, Madison, Ohio 44057; the employer did not ensure employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were protected from falling by a guardrail, personal fall arrest, or other fall protection system.

Issued

2021-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10):"Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.   On or about April 27, 2021, during the installation of masonry brick at a work site located at 126 W. Main St, Madison, Ohio 44057; the employer did not ensure employees working on a roof of a commercial facility were protected from a fall of approximately 20 feet by utilizing a fall protection system.