OSHA Inspection: PATRICIO'S CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $936.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a):  Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun without any eye protection.      Violation observed on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $936.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):  Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.      a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees, working from a work platform, were exposed to falls of approximately 20'.      Violation observed on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $936.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees accessed a work platform by climbing from a 2nd story patio to the work platform, exposing the employees to an approximate 20' fall.      Violation observed on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $936.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design.     a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees were working from a work platform that was not designed by a qualified person.        Violation occurred on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7):  On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports.      a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees were working from a work platform that contained overlapping boards somewhere other than over a support.        Violation observed on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:        a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees, working from a work platform, were exposed to falls of approximately 20' because of defects in the work platform construction, including not fully planked, no fall protection, supports not properly attached to the structure and overlapping planking in areas not directly over the supports.       Violation occurred on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(g)(1): Each bracket, of a carpenters' bracket scaffolds, was not attached to the supporting framework or structure by a bolt extending through to the opposite side of the structure's wall:     a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ         Employees were working from a carpenters' bracket scaffold that was attached to the support with nails only.        Violation occurred on or about 2/10/12.

Issued

2012-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $936.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a):  Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:      a) 223 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ    Employees accessed the 56" high front porch by walking on a roof joist.    Violation observed on or about 2/10/12.