FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ ·
OSHA Inspection: LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY in EAST SIDE OF WYANDOTTE DRIVE, FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ 07417 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 338998586.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY
- Site address
- EAST SIDE OF WYANDOTTE DRIVE
- City
- FRANKLIN LAKES
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07417
- Mailing
- 210 KELLY RD, QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights: a) Wyandotte Well on Wyandotte Drive, Franklin Lakes NJ: An employee working from a fabricated scaffold two frames in height that was not fully planked, on or about 4/9/2013.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $5000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 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) Wyandotte Well on Wyandotte Drive, Franklin Lakes NJ: Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from a fabricated scaffold two frames in height without a guardrail system inplace, on or about 4/9/2013.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $2500
- · C (S) $5000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.451 H02 II
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:Note: This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards. a) Wyandotte Well on Wyandotte Drive, Franklin Lakes NJ: A toeboard was not erected on a scaffold to protect an employee from an overhead struck by hazard, on or about 4/9/2013.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $2500
- · C (S) $5000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access a) Wyandotte Well on Wyandotte Drive, Franklin Lakes NJ: An employee was using a ladder that did not extend 3 feet above the landing to access a fabricated scaffold two frames in height, on or about 4/9/2013.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $4000
- · Z (S) $4000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 338998586.
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