OSHA Inspection: DOUG GILMORE BRICK CONTRACTOR, INC

Issued

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2813.00 Reduced

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.  a) On or about February 22, 2023, the employer did not ensure that employees were wearing hardhats while performing masonry work on a scaffold with stacked bricks overhead.

Issued

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2813.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(1)(i): 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: Guys, ties, and braces shall be installed at locations where horizontal members support both inner and outer legs.  a) On or about February 22, 2023, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was restrained from tipping prior to employees utilizing the 21' erected scaffold.

Issued

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 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.  a)  On or about February 22, 2023, employees were exposed to access hazards in that cross braces and legs were being used as a means of access and egress on the scaffold.

Issued

2023-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 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. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.  a) a) On or about February 22, 2023, located on a residential jobsite, employees performing masonry work were not protected from falling when working on the 2nd and 3rd levels of an erected scaffold. Potential fall height greater than 21 ft.