OSHA Inspection: JUARA CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a)241 Central Ave., Orange, NJ:Employee was not wearing a hardhat while working from a scaffold with an employee above him, exposing the employee to falling objects.         Violation observed on or about 6/16/12.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1750.00 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)451 Central Ave., Orange, NJ:Employees working from a scaffold that was not fully planked, exposing the employees to falls of approximately 18 feet to the ground below.         Violation observed on or about 6/16/12.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a)241 Central Ave., Orange, NJ:Employer allowed his employees to work from a scaffold in excess of 18 feet to the ground below with no fall protection system in place, i.e. guardrail system, exposing them to fall hazards.         Violation observed on or about 6/16/12.