OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL JERSEY WRECKING, INC.

Issued

2005-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $750.00 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 in that employees
were exposed to Being struck by falling debris:
falling debris a) Fourth floor of the building located at 374 Millburn
Ave.,'School House Paza',
Millburn, NJ:
Employees exposed to being struck by falling debris due to inadequate
anchorage of the debris
chute supports around the window frame while working in the debris trailer
leveling the piles
of debris which had been dumped.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement methods are to
comply with the
Superchute installation manual written by the manufacturer which states in
part:
1) Safer chute installations can be achieved using Superchute chute hoists
namely
Loadspreaders
for windows.
2) If the Superchute is anchored by any other method a structural engineer
must verify the
adequacy of the anchors and supporting structure.
Violation occurred on or about 7/28/05.