OSHA Inspection: MARTINE CONTRACTORS LLC

Issued

Jul 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,000 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:    A) 559 Springfield Avenue, Berkley Heights, NJ 07922: Employees are allowed to work in close proximity to overhead roofing activities without wearing head protection.    Condition observed on or about April 25, 2013.

Issued

Jul 24, 2013

Abate by

Aug 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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:    A) 559 Springfield Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922: Employer does not provide fall protection training to employees working on the second and third floor roofs, where roofing operations were occurring.    Condition observed on or about April 25, 2013.

Issued

Jul 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 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) 559 Springfield Avenue, Berkley Heights, NJ 07922: The ladder provided was not secured and did not extend 3 feet above the working surface of the roof to allow for safe access on and off the 2nd floor roof.    Condition observed on or about April 25, 2013.

Issued

Jul 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $28,000 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    A) 559 Springfield Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922: Employees on a steep roof were not protected from falling by utilizing a fall protection system.          The employer did not require the use of any fall protection during roofing work.  The violation was most recently observed on or about April 25, 2013 at 559 Springfield Avenue, Berkeley Heights, NJ where five employees were exposed to fall hazards on a 6/12 pitched roof with an eave height of approximately 9' from the second floor roof, 20' at the rear of the third floor roof and 25' at the front of the building.