OSHA Inspection: PALACIOS BROTHERS CARPENTERS

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008: Employees were allowed to perform sealing/taping operations around exterior windows approximately 30 feet from the ground below on a 12 foot long job-madework platform raised by the forks of a Pettibone Telescoping Lift Truck, which was not secured to prevent cantilevering.    Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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:    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008:Employees were allowed to perform sealing/taping operations around exterior windows approximately 30 feet from the ground below on a 12 foot long job-made work platform raised by the forks of a Pettibone Telescoping Lift Truck, which was not secured to the forks.    Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008: Employees were allowed to perform sealing/taping operations around exterior windows approximately 30 feet from the ground below on a 12 foot long job-made work platform raised by the forks of a Pettibone Telescoping Lift Truck, without fall protection.    Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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:    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008: Employees were allowed to perform sealing/taping operations around exterior windows approximately 30 feet from the ground below on a 12 foot long job-made work platform raised by the forks of a Pettibone Telescoping Lift Truck.  Employees were not trained in the recognition of hazards prior to working from a scaffold.    Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii): A lift truck, equipped with vertical only, or vertical and horizontal controls elevatable with the lifting carriage or forks for lifting personnel, did not have the following precautions to include (A) Use of a safety platform firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks (B) Means whereby personnel on the platform can shut off power to the truck (C) Protection from falling objects as indicated necessary by the operating conditions:    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008: Employees were allowed to perform sealing/taping operations around exterior windows approximately 30 feet from the ground below on a 12 foot long job-made work platform raised by the forks of a Pettibone Telescoping Lift Truck, which was not secured to prevent cantilevering and was not secured to the forks.    Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.

Issued

2014-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    a) 101 Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ 07008: Employee operated a Pettibone Telescoping Boom Lift Truck, prior to receiving training consisting of a combination of formal instruction, practical training, and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.      Condition occurred on November 9, 2013.