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OSHA Inspection: JOHN LANGERAAP CO.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of JOHN LANGERAAP CO. in 20 BOWLING GREEN PKY, LAKE HOPATCONG, NJ 07849 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 337449813.

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Establishment
JOHN LANGERAAP CO.
Site address
20 BOWLING GREEN PKY
City
LAKE HOPATCONG
State
NJ
ZIP
07849
Mailing
198 WHITE LAKE ROAD, LAFAYETTE, NJ 07848
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238140
Employees
5
Ownership type
A

8 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.20 B01

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      a) 28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Jefferson, NJ.    Employer did not develop an accident prevention program, thereby exposing his employee to hazards including but not limited to possible fall from height.                                          Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $2000

1926.454 A

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    a)  28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Jefferson, NJ.        Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds. Hazards that were observed with the employees working on a tubular frame scaffold, but were not limited to falls.                                        Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.1060 A

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:      a)  28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Jefferson, NJ.          Employee was not properly trained as to the proper setting, securing and use of portable ladder. This was evident by employees climbing down the ladder that had broken rungs.                                          Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.451 B01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1520.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    a) 28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Jefferson, NJ.        Employees were working on makeshift work platform that was not fully planked, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet to the ground.                                          Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1520
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.451 G01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
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) 28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Jefferson, NJ.    Employees were observed walking/working tubula frame scaffold without the use guardrail system, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of 20 feet to the ground.                                         Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.451 C02 III

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iii): Unstable objects were used as working platforms:      a) 28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Lake Hopatcong, NJ    Unstable objects i.e. cement blocks were used to support scaffold platform.                      Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1500
  • — Z (S) $2000

1926.1053 B15

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladder(s) were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and/or after an occurrence that could have affected their safe use:      a) 28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Lake Hopatcong, NJ.    Employer did not inspect portable ladder being used to access and egress the tubular frame scaffold, thereby exposing his employee to a fall of 20 feet to the ground.                                    Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1540
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1053 B16

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired:      a)  28 Bowling Green Pkwy, Lake Hopatcong, NJ.    Employees were observed using a portable ladder that had broken rungs and other defective components that was not tagged with the words "DO  NOT USE" or similar language, thereby exposing his employee to fall hazard to the ground.                                        Violation observed on or about 10/26/2012.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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