OSHA Inspection: QUEENS DYNAMIC CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employees were exposed to many unsafe conditions and not provided safety and health training as required by the standard.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer shall use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employee was energizing his tools through the temporary power. He was not using a ground fault circuit interrupter.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employees was using the temporary power, which had an open ground.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employee was working on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 18' high. He was standing on three 2xi10 wood planks.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers:    Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The two employees worked on the tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 18' high without guardrails.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employees did not have access to the tubular welded frame scaffold. They climbed on the frame.

Issued

Mar 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15): Ladders shall not be used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees, except on large area scaffolds where employers have satisfied the following criteria:    On or about 2/13/2013, Job Site    a) The employees used the ladder on the scaffold platform to gain access to the roof.