OSHA Inspection: K&C BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs.  Location: 750 56st Street Brooklyn, NY  On or About: 05/02/14   a) Energized circuit breaker panels being used by employees were not not guarded.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

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: 750 56th Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 05/02/14   a) Employees were working from a  tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked while exposed to potential fall hazard of up to 18 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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.   Location: 750 56th Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 05/02/14  a) Employees were masonry work 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 18 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Location: 750 56th Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 05/02/14  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 up to 18 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

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: 750 56th Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 05/02/14   a) An employees was working on a roof edge without fall protection while exposed to a potential fall hazard up to 18 feet to the ground below.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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: 750 56th Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 05/02/14  a) An employee was working by the edge of a roof without any fall protection while exposed to potential fall hazards of approximately 18 feet to ground below.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(1): Where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date, foot traffic was not prohibited on the stairway.   Location: 750 56st Street Brooklyn, NY  On or About: 05/02/14  a) The stairs used by the employees as means of access did not have the treads filled.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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:  750 56st Street Brooklyn, NY  On or About: 05/02/14  a) The employer did not implement and develop a written Hazard Communication Program for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as Flashing Cement and  Portland cement.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-22 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: 750 56st Street Brooklyn, NY  On or About: 05/02/14  a) Employer did not maintain the required MSDS information sheets to his employees for on site reference of the chemicals on site, including Flashing cement and Portland cement.

Issued

2014-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-15 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: 750 56st Street Brooklyn, NY  On or About: 05/02/14  a)The employer did not instruct and inform employees of the hazards for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as Flashing Cement and Portland cement.