OSHA Inspection: 65TH PLACE REALTY CORP.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7)(ii): Each employee at the edge of a well, pit, shaft, or  similar excavation 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, barricades, or covers:    a) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, 64-15 to 64-23 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    Employees were walking/working at the edge of an excavation 10-feet deep without fall protection.    ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, was not equipped with at least one handrail:    a) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, along 65th Place, Maspeth, NY    The stairway consisting of seven (7) risers used to access and exit the work area did not have a handrail.    b) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, along 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    The stairway consisting of seven (7) risers used to access and exit the work area did not have a handrail.    ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(12): Unprotected sides and edges of stairway landings were not provided with guardrail systems that meet the criteria contained in Subpart M of 29 CFR 1926:    a) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, 65th Place, Maspeth, NY    The stairway landing did not have a guardrail system installed to protect employes from falling.  The stariway consisted of seven (7) risers.    b) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, along 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    The stairway landing did not have a guardrail system installed to protect employees from falling.  The stairway consisted of seven (7) risers.    ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $0 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 04/25/2012 - job site, 64-15 to 64-23 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    Employees were working on a tubular welded frame scaffold two frames high.  Working levels were not fully planked exposing employees to a fall hazard 5 and 10 feet to a lower level.      ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, 64-15 to 64-23 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    Employees were working on a tubular welded frame scaffold two frames high.  Scaffold legs rested on cinderblocks and pieces of lumber.      ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Oct 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    a) On or about 04/25/2012 - job site, 64-15 to 64-23 53rd Drive, Maspeth, NY    Employees climbed the frame of a tubular welded frame scaffold to access and exit working levels.  The scaffold was erected two frames high.      ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.