OSHA Inspection: CRJ BUILDER CORP.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · 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) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.    Employees exposed to overhead hazards from framers up to 12-feet above next lower level.       ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.  Employer did not provide eye protection for employees using a compound miter saw.     ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Abate by

Aug 5, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:ALLEGED VIOLATION DESCRIPTION (A.V.D.):      a) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.    Welder used an installing a breaker connected to a flexible cord and electrical box to power an welding machine.       ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupers for personal protection:   a) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.  Employees were working with damaged flexible cord sets.     ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:     a) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.        Employer did not provide fall protection open floor hole on the second floor 10-feet 6-inches above the next lower level.       b) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.        Employer did not provide fall protection open floor hole on the first floor 8-feet 6-inches above the next lower level.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   a) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.  Employer did not provide fall protection for employees 12-feet above the next lower level while framing.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Abate by

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.    The Employer could not identify the need for fall protection when employees were exposed to falls of up to 12-feet.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jul 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · 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) On or about January 15, 2013- at the site of 52-09 Marathon Parkway Little Neck, NY 11362.    Employees accessing the second floor using a ladder 1-foot above the level being accessed.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.