SUMMIT HILL, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: THE BUILDING RECYCLERS, LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of THE BUILDING RECYCLERS, LLC in 120 N MARKET ST, SUMMIT HILL, PA 18250 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 339418550.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- THE BUILDING RECYCLERS, LLC
- Site address
- 120 N MARKET ST
- City
- SUMMIT HILL
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18250
- Mailing
- 398 TOPTON RD, KUTZTOWN, PA 19530
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238910
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 C02 V
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): The employer used forklifts to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied: a) Summit Hill, PA: A worker removing windows from a structure that was being demolished was exposed to a fall while standing on a piece of plywood that was resting approximately 24 feet in the air on the forks of a Gradall rough terrain forklift, on or about September 19, 2013. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $800
- · Z (S) $1600
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Dec 10, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: a) Summit Hill, PA: An employee exposed to a fall hazard while working from a temporary platform on the forks of a construction forklift was not trained in the recognition of hazards associated with temporary work platforms and in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize those hazards, on or about September 19, 2013. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
1926.850 A
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2013
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.850(a): Prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations, an engineering survey was not made, by a competent person, of the structure to determine the condition of the framing, floors, and walls, and possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure: a) Summit Hill, PA: An engineering survey of a structure that was in the process of being demolished had not been completed exposing workers to the potential for unplanned collapse, on or about September 19, 2013. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339418550.
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