OSHA Inspection: CESAR M. MENDOZA

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 through 12/21/13, the employer did not ensure that all employees received adequate safety training related to the jobs they were required to perform, such as but not limited to demolition and structural bracing.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 through 12/21/13, the employer did not ensure that all employees were adequately trained in the hazards associated with falling and the proper ways and procedures to take in order to minimize those hazards.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

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29 CFR 1926.34(b): Exits and access to exits were not marked by a readily visible sign:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 through 12/21/13, the employer did not ensure that the emergency exit(s) was marked.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

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29 CFR 1926.150(a)(1): The employer did not develop and maintain a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of construction and demolition work, and/or did not provide for the firefighting equiment as specified in this subpart:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT  During all phases of construction the employer did not maintain a fire protection program and did not provide firefighting equipment as required.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT           On or about 11/6/13 through 12/21/13, the employer did not provide a fire extinguisher onsite for every 3,000 square feet of the building which was under construction.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(10): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinder or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 12/20/13 through 12/21/13, oxygen and acetylene compressed gas cylinders were being stored together in the first floor lobby.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(11): Cylinders were not stored in definitely assigned storage places where  the cylinders would not be knocked over or damaged by passing or falling objects, or subject to tampering by unauthorized persons:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 12/20/13 through 12/21/13, compressed gas cylinders which were being stored in the main doorway to the jobsite were not secured.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $6,000

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29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(E): Lamps used in temporary wiring for general illumination were not protected from accidental contact or breakage:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 12/20/13 through 12/21/13, temporary lights which were installed on the first floor were not protected against accidental contact and/or damage.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

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29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, and fittings were not protected from abrasion:  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 through 12/21/13, electrical conductors which were pulled out of a four outlet receptacle box and the metal conduit which was connect to it, were exposed to damage and abrasion.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $6,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(1): Foot traffic was not prohibited on stairways where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date and stairs were not temporarily fitted with wood or other solid material at least to the top edge of each pan.  Location:  810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 12/20/13 through 12/21/13, the metal stair pans on the first floor were not filled and exposed employees to tripping and falling hazards.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 15, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 12/20/13 through 12/21/13, a new section of metal stairs going from the first floor to the second floor was not equipped with a guardrail and handrail along the unprotected side.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $70,000

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29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 through 12/13/13, employees who were performing work on the second and third floors were exposed to fall hazards due to wall and window openings which were not guarded.

Issued

May 5, 2014

Abate by

May 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $70,000 · Current $70,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.854(b): Wall sections more than one story in height were permitted to stand alone without lateral bracing when the wall section was not origianlly designed to stand alone without such lateral support.  Location: 810 Boston Ave, Bridgeport, CT    On or about 11/6/13 the employer did not ensure that all masonry walls more than one story in height were laterally braced as supporting floors and walls were demolished and removed.