OSHA Inspection: ANGEL CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Abate by

Aug 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:      a) 35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, Nj.    Employer did not develop an accident prevention program, thereby exposing his employees to a hazards including but not limited to falls from balcony, stairs, and step ladder.                                   Violation observed on or about 12/11/2012.

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Abate by

Mar 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) 35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ.    Employees were not trained as to the methods and types of fall protection authorized for use while working from an unprotected balcony 20 feet high.                                Violation observed on or about 12/11/2012.

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Abate by

Mar 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:      a) 35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ.    Training on the proper use of A-frame step ladder and the hazards associated with their placement and use, was not provided to the employees working on this jobsite by a competent person.                      Violation occurred on or about 12/11/2012.    Training on the proper use of access stairway missing handrail and the hazards associated with missing handrails was not provided to the employees working on this jobsite by a competent person.                      Violation observed on or about 12/11/2012.

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):      a) 35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ.    Employees were working on the 1st and 2nd floor balconies without any means of fall protection being utilized, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of up to 20 feet.                          Violation occurred on or about 12/11/2012.

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a)  35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ.    Employees were observed walking up and down the stairway where handrails were not installed, thereby exposing the employees to a 10 feet fall.                                     Violation observed on or about 12/11/2012.

Issued

Jan 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:    a) 35 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ.    A-frame step ladder was being used for other than the purpose for which it was designed.                           Violation occurred on or about 12/11/2012.