OSHA Inspection: ARFAS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jul 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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)186 Seymour Ave., Newark, NJ:Employee not wearing head protection with work going on directly above, exposing the employee to falling objects.         Violation observed on or about 6/28/12.

Issued

Jul 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    a)186 Seymour Ave., Newark, NJ:Employee was exposed to an eye injury while using a nailing gun without wearing any type of eye protection while conducting some framing work on the front porch.         Violation observed on or about 6/28/12.

Issued

Jul 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,785 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)186 Seymour Ave., Newark, NJ:Employer allowed his employee to work from a scaffold approximately 18 feet from the ground below with no fall protection system in place, i.e. guardrail system, exposing the employee to fall hazards.         Viiolation observed on or about 6/28/12.