OSHA Inspection: ESG, INC.

Issued

2012-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1100.00 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) On or about May 11, 2012-Job site at 160-29 12 Road Whitestone, NY 11357            Employees climbing tubular welded frame scaffold up to 14-feet, 6-inches to place brick around a second story window.            WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4): Guardrail systems installed to meet the requirements of this section did not comply with the provisions listed in subparagraphs (i) through (xv) of this paragraph:    a) On or about May 11, 2012-Job site at 160-29 12 Road Whitestone, NY 11357               Employees were exposed falls up to 12-feet, 8-inches on tubular welded scaffold without midrails for fall protection.           WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2200.00 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 May 11, 2012-Job site at 160-29 12 Road Whitestone, NY 11357               Employees were not trained to identify hazards of working on tubular welded scaffold without midrails for fall protection or climbing scaffold to a height of 14-feet, 6-inches.       THE ESG INC.  WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDERD 1926.454(a), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 313433237, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 004(c), ISSUED ON 01/19/2012 WHICH BECAME A FINAL ORDER DATE ON 02/13/2012.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.