OSHA Inspection: R & E GENERAL CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. 72 North 7th St Paterson, NJ:  An employee was exposed to a struck by hazard from tools while walking below a pump jack scaffold without a hard hat, on or about 02/15/2013.

Issued

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a. 72 North 7th St Paterson, NJ:  Employees working from a pump jack scaffold approximately 25 feet without fall protection such as but not limited to a personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems, on or about 02/15/2013.

Issued

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2):     Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    a. 72 North 7th St Paterson, NJ:  An employee working from a pump jack scaffold that was not secured by a rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, on or about 02/15/2013.

Issued

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):     Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a. 72 North 7th St Paterson, NJ:  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 25 feet while performing aluminum siding work from a roof without a fall protection system, on or about 02/15/2013.

Issued

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.        a. 72 North 7th St Paterson, NJ:  Employees were using a ladder that did not extend 3 feet above the upper roof landing being accessed, on or about 02/15/2013.