OSHA Inspection: TRIDENT STRUCTURAL CORP.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Except as required or permitted elsewhere in this subpart, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more shall be guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, or by any of the following means.    Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.    a) Employer failed to ensure that electrical panels at the jobsite were protected against accidental contact.  The panels were installed at height of approximately 5 ft from the floor.  Employees were exposed to an electrical shock hazard; on or about 6/11/13.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,540 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.     Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.    a)    Employer failed to ensure that the tubular welded scaffold utilized by employees was equipped with base plates; on or about 6/11/13.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Abate by

Sep 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(c): When the employer has reason to believe that an employee lacks the skill or understanding needed for safe work involving the erection, use or dismantling of scaffolds, the employer shall retrain each such employee so that the requisite proficiency is regained.    Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.  a) Employer failed to ensure that the tubular welded scaffold utilized by employees was equipped with base plates and was fully planked.  Scaffold retraining is required; on or about 6/11/13.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $1,320 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces shall be protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes.      Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.    a) Employer failed to ensure that various holes at the site were covered; on or about 6/11/13.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $1,320 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.       Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.     a) Employer failed to ensure that the stairway at the jobsite was provided with at least one hand rail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side; on or about 6/11/13.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,400 · Current $2,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer shall use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors.      Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.  a) Employer did not ensure that the Bosch hammer drill powered by an extension cord was provided with a GFCI or an assured equipment program; on or about 6/11/13.      Trident Structural Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.404(b)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 316107176, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 5/15/12.

Issued

Sep 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,080 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.      Location: 231 W. 22nd St., New York, NY.    a) Employer failed to ensure that the tubular welded scaffold utilized by employees was fully planked; on or about 6/11/13.    Trident Structural Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 316107176, citation number 1, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on 5/15/12.