OSHA Inspection: KAIED MORSHED AND KASEM MORSHED DBA MAGIC STONE

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.      a) On or about 07/03/12, on construction site at 3755 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY:  Two mobile fabricated frame scaffolds were erected on the south side of the building. One employee installing replacement lentels while working from the top level of each scaffold was exposed to a fall of approx. 15 ft. because the level was not fully planked. The width of each scaffold was 60 inches, and there were only two approx. 19 in. wide "piks" in place on each scaffold instead of the three required.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 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 07/03/12, on construction site at 3755 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY:  Two mobile fabricated frame scaffolds were erected on the south side of the building.  Employees were exposed to potential fall of up to 15 ft. while accessing the third level of a mobile fabricated frame scaffold by climbing the end frames of the scaffold. No ladder was provided.     NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.        a) On or about 07/03/12, on construction site at 3755 Harlem Rd., Cheektowaga, NY:  Two mobile fabricated frame scaffolds were erected on the south side of the building. One employee installing replacement lentels while working from the top level of each scaffold was exposed to a fall of approx. 15 ft. because proper guardrails were not installed on the east & west ends, and south side of each of the scaffolds.       NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED