OSHA Inspection: FONSECA CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    a)  113 Washington Avenue, Kearny, NJ:     Employees were exposed to falls of up to 15 feet to the ground below from the pump jack scaffold given a possible structural collapse of the scaffold as the scaffold footings were resting on an unstable surface, such as mud.     Violation observed on or about 01/15/2014.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:      a)  113 Washington Avenue, Kearny, NJ    Two employees were exposed to 15 foot falls to the ground below as they were not provided with safe access to the pump jack scaffold platform.                                              Violation observed on or about 11/14/2012.

Issued

2014-01-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1080.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.    a)  113 Washington Avenue, Kearny, NJ:    Two employees was working from a pump jack scaffold approximately 15 feet from the ground below without utilizing any type of fall protection, exposing the employee to fall hazards.         Violation observed on or about 01/15/2014.