OSHA Inspection: RAY CONSTRUCTION OF NY, INC.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,060 · Current $1,530 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:      a) On or about March 7, 2012Job site at 52-02 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362     Employees exposed to falling shingles and tools from overhead    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor  did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:      a) On or about March 7, 2012Job site at 52-02 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362    Employees re-shingling a roof exposed to falls of 25-feet.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Jun 27, 2012

Abate by

Sep 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) On or about March 7, 2012Job site at 52-02 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362    Employees re-shingling a roof exposed to falls of 25-feet could not identify then need for fall protection.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.