OSHA Inspection: NEW VISION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a)  449 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 11 feet to the ground below from the tubular welded frame scaffold given a possible structural collapse of the scaffold as all 4 scaffold uprights did not bear on baseplates and were supported with concrete blocks, which is not an adequate foundation                                                    Violation observed on or about 03/13/2013.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi):  Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system (with minimum 200 pound toprail capacity).  a)  449 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, NJ.  Masons involved in bricklaying operations were exposed to falls of 11 feet, 3 inches to the interior floor below from the tubular welded frame scaffold's upper tier as the scaffold was not provided with guardrails or other forms of fall protection on the side which was adjacent to the wall being laid.                                      Violation observed on or about 03/13/2013.

Issued

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frame scaffold(s) were not properly braced by crossbracing or diagonal braces, or both, to secure vertical members laterally and to align them so that the erected scaffold was plumb, square, and rigid:  a)  449 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 11 feet to the ground below from the tubular welded frame scaffold given a possible structural collapse of the scaffold as 4 crossbraces or half of the total of 8 were not attached between vertical members at working levels.                                        Violation observed on or about 03/13/2013.