STATEN ISLAND, NY —
OSHA Inspection: KISKA CONSTRUCTION INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of KISKA CONSTRUCTION INC. in 250 NORTH WASHINGTON AVE.GOETHALS BRIDGE, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10303 (NAICS 237310). OSHA activity number 308296789.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- KISKA CONSTRUCTION INC.
- Site address
- 250 NORTH WASHINGTON AVE.GOETHALS BRIDGE
- City
- STATEN ISLAND
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10303
- Mailing
- 10-34 44TH DRIVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237310
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1622
- Employees
- 150
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Construction safety.
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2006
- Abate by
- Nov 24, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $2,400 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees exposed to the hazard of falls from a suspended scaffold. a) 250 North Washington Ave. Goethals Bridge SINY. Employees engaged in bridge refurbishing from a suspended scaffold, were exposed to falls of over 100' to the river below when no PFAS was provided and employer relied on guard rails for fall protection. CSHO observed on or about 08/04/06. Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing this hazard, as recommended by the Fall Protection Standard, include but are not limited to the use of personal fall arrest systems. b) 250 North Washington Ave. Goethals Bridge SINY. Scaffold was not built to the qualified persons design and presented defects including but not limited to missing thimbles on the main suspension ropes. CSHO observed condition on or about 08/06/06. Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing this hazard, to install all scaffold components as designed by the qualified person including, thimbles in the main ropes, softeners and chain link fence decking overlap of at least 12".
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2400.00
- — Z (S) $4000.00
1926.404 B01 I
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 11, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $2,400 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2400.00
- — Z (S) $4000.00
1926.405 A02 IIF
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 11, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $2,400 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2400.00
- — Z (S) $4000.00
1926.405 A02 IIE
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 11, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $2,400 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2400.00
- — Z (S) $4000.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 308296789.
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