OSHA Inspection: MANHATTAN ROOFING & WATERPROOFING

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system.      a) 1230 Sheridan Avenue. An employee was working from a ladder scaffold 194 inches (16.1 feet) from platform level to lower level without a personal fall arrest system. On or about 7 September 2012.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage used for attachment for personal fall arrest equipment was not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached nor was it designed, installed and used as follows: As part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and under the supervision of a qualified person.      (a) 1230 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx, NY. An Employee working was from a ladder scaffold 16.1 feet above a lower level. The employee was tied off to a window child safety gate as part of a personal fall arrest system. On or about 7 September 2012.

Issued

Oct 12, 2012

Abate by

Nov 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.     (a) 1230 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx, New York. Employees brick pointing 16.1 Feet above the lower level concrete floor on a ladder scaffold were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with ladder scaffolds. On or about 07 September 2012.