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Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 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) 57 Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were not wearing protective helmet while working under employees installing concrete blocks, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii):     On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupers for personal protection.    a) Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were mixing mortar with an electric drill that was not protected by a GFCI, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b)    a) 57 Winant, Ridgefield Park: Employees without any means of fall protection were installing block on a roof chimney 20 feet above an asphalt driveway, on or about April 28, 2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

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) 57 Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were not trained on the recognition and procedures to minimize fall hazards while working on a roof approximately 20 feet above an asphalt driveway, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 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) 57 Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 20 feet on to an asphalt driveway while using a ladder that did not extend 3 feet above the upper landing surface, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):     Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:      a) 57 Winant Ave., Ridfgefield Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 20 feet while using a ladder attached with a hook to the ridge of the roof as a working surface, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22):     Employees  using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:    a) 57 Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 20 feet onto an asphalt driveway while carrying concrete blocks up a ladder, on or about 4/28/2012.

Issued

May 30, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:    a) 57 Winant Ave., Ridgefield Park, NJ: Employees were using extension ladders without being trained on procedures to minimize hazards related to ladders, on or about 4/28/2012.