NEW YORK, NY —
OSHA Inspection: FALCON STEEL INC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of FALCON STEEL INC in WTC BLDG 3, SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES, NEW YORK, NY 10007 (NAICS 238120). OSHA activity number 336262589.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- FALCON STEEL INC
- Site address
- WTC BLDG 3, SILVERSTEIN PROPERTIES
- City
- NEW YORK
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10007
- Mailing
- 813 S MARKET ST, WILMINGTON, DE 19801
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238120
- Employees
- 200
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1926.760 B03
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 19, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $9,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.760(b)(3): The employer did not ensure that employees engaged in structural steel connecting work were provided, at heights over 15 ft, with a personal fall arrest system, positioning device system, or fall restraint system and wear the equipment necessary to be able to be tied off: a) Employees did not have a fall protection system available to tie off to when connecting a steel beam. They were wearing fall protection harness and lanyards but did not have anchorage equipment to attach the lanyards to, such as retractible lifelines, beam clamps, or choker cables. The beam became stuck requiring the two employees to position on the beam such that fall protection was needed. The beam shifted suddenly and one employee fell 18 ft to the concrete floor. Location: WTC site, Tower 3, New York, N.Y. On or about 8-29-2012 NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19. FALCON STEEL INC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, ITS EQUIVALENT, OR ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR STANDARD, 29 CFR 1926.760(b)(3), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312520315, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, ISSUED ON 2/27/2009, WITH FINAL ORDER DATE 3/27/2009.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $5000
- — Z (R) $9000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 336262589.
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