OSHA Inspection: DOWNTOWN COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use.     Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.     On or about 11/06/13         a) Employees used two 6 inches angle grinders that were not provided with blade guard.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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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: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.     On or about 11/06/13      a) Two employees were installing siding from a  tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.  The employees were exposed to a potential fall hazard of up to 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.   Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13   a) Two employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have means of access. Employees climbed frames and crossbraces to get to work platform.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13  a) Two employees were installing siding from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not provided with any fall protection system.  The employees were exposed to a potential fall hazard of up to 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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.  Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13   a) Employees were not trained  to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used. The employees were not provided with proper fall protection system while exposed to a potential fall of 13 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.     On or about 11/06/13      a) Four employees were workinkg on a new floor without fall protectionwhile exposed to a potential fall hazard up to 20 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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.  Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13  a) Employees were not trained to recognize fall hazards. Four employees were working by the edge of anew floor without any fall protection while exposed to a potential fall of approximately 20 feet to ground below.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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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.     Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.     On or about 11/06/13    a) The ladder used to access the lower roof did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.    b) The ladder used to access the upper roof did not extend 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.  Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13  a) Employees were not trained in the procedures to recognize/minimize hazards associated with ladders.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $200.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.     On or about 11/06/13        a) The employer did not implement and develop a written Hazard Communication Program for each employee exposed/using chemicals such asgasoline.

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.  Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13  a) Employer did not maintain the required MSDS information sheets to his employees for on site reference of the chemicals on site, including gasoline .

Issued

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY.   On or about 11/06/13   a)The employer did not instruct and inform employees of the hazards for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as gasoline.