OSHA Inspection: DEGEMA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

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.       Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY        On or about 04/19/13       a) Two employees were installing siding from a pump jack scaffold and they were not using any head protective gear while exposed to a potential struck by hazards from tools and materials being used on the roof above.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY    On or about 04/19/13    a) Employees were not trained  to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used. The employees were wearing a harness but they did not tie off while exposed to a potential fall of 28 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY    On or about 04/19/13    a) Employees were not trained to recognize fall hazards. The employee was working by the edge of a flat roof without any fall protection while exposed to a potential fall of approximately 30 feet to ground below.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY      On or about 04/19/13      a) Employees were not trained in the procedures to recognize/minimize hazards associated with ladders.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1590.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): "Unprotected sides and edges." Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 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.       Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY     On or about 04/19/13      a) An employee was working by the roof edge without any fall protection while exposed to a potential fall of approximately 30 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 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.     Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY     On or about 04/19/13      a) The ladder used to access the sidewalk bridge did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.    b) The ladder used to access the lower roof did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1590.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY    On or about 04/19/13    a) Two employees were installing siding from a 28 foot high pump jack scaffold and they were not protected from falling by guardrails or personal fall arrest system.

Issued

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.    Location: 936 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY      On or about: 04/19/13    a) The 28 foott high Pump Jack Scaffold used by the employees was not secured at the bottom.