OSHA Inspection: K SQUARE TOTAL STRUCTURE LLC

Issued

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(5): Each employee on the face of formwork or reinforcing steel was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, or positioning device systems:    a).	on or about 10/04/12, at the site of 136-33 37th Ave. Flushing, NY    An employee reinforcing steel on an edge of the excavation was not protected from falling. The employee was exposed to the hazard of fall aproximately 16 ft. to the lower level.    ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-12-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a).	on or about 10/04/12, at the site of 136-33 37th Ave. Flushing, NY    The employer did not ensure that the rebar were capped or bent. The employees were exposed to the hazard of impalement.      ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.