OSHA Inspection: MAIN SYSTEM NY, INC.

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a)   On or about December 20, 2013- job site at 87-15 Rockaway Beach Blvd. Rockaway Beach, NY 11693    Employer allowed employees to be exposed to overhead hazards from chop    saws and other tools from 20-feet above the next lower level.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge 6 feet or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:    a)   On or about December 20, 2013- job site at Shore front Parkway/ Beach    86th Street Life Guard Station, Rockaway Beach, NY 11693    Employer allowed employees to be exposed to fall hazards up to 20-feet without using fall protection.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Jan 7, 2014

Abate by

Feb 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who was exposed to fall hazards that enabled each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a)   On or about December 20, 2013- job site at Shore front Parkway/Beach 86th Street Life Guard Station, Rockaway Beach, NY 11693  Employer allowed employees to be exposed to fall hazards up to 20-feet above the next lower level without the ability to identify the hazard.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.