OSHA Inspection: BROTHER CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(b)(3): Job or shop hooks and links, or makeshift fasteners, formed from bolts, rods, etc., or other such attachments, shall not be used.    a. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. A job made hook was being used to hoist cement blocks onto the scaffold, on or about 4/3/2013.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.351(b)(4): Welding cable(s) in use were in need of repair;    a. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. An Arc welder with visible damage to the cable insulation and electrical wiring was not removed from service, on or about 4/5/2013

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.     a. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. An employee was not provided a means to access the levels of a fabricated scaffold three frames in height, on or about 4/3/2013.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.   a. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. An employee was using the cross braces to access the levels of a fabricated scaffold three frames in height, on or about 4/3/2013.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from a fabricated scaffold three frames in height without a guardrail system in place, on or about 4/3/2013.

Issued

2013-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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. 133 Fort Lee Road, Leonia, NJ. Employees exposed to a fall hazard while walking on a steel beam approximately 12 feet above the ground, on or about 4/3/2013.