OSHA Inspection: FENGHA CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $1,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a) On or about February 29, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Employee drilling holes in a piece of steel without eye protection.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    a) On or about February 9, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Tubular welded frame scaffold was missing a was planked with two planks leaving 23 inches unplanked.    b) On or about February 29, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Tubular welded frame scaffold was missing 5.5 inches of planking.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about February 29, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Employee was on tubular welded frame scaffold to a height of 25 feet above the next lower level without fall protection .     WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Abate by

Jul 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    a) On or about February 9, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Employee could not identify scaffold hazards scaffolds not fully planked due to lack of training.    b) On or about February 9, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Employees were on scaffold again and exposed to hazards falls up to 25 and un-planked scaffold without training.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $610 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) On or about February 9, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Two employees standing at the edge of the basement wall 8 above the next lower level trying to lift the end of a 22 foot long I-beam.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,530 · Current $765 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a) On or about February 29, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362     Employee working on tubular welded frame scaffold was using the top of a step ladder that was 10 inches below the working surface to access the working surface.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

May 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    a) On or about February 29, 2012Job site at 248-52 Rushmore Avenue Little Neck, NY 11362    Employee working on tubular welded frame scaffold was using the top of a step ladder that was 10 inches below the working surface to access the working surface.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.