OSHA Inspection: CASTILLO CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Abate by

Jun 13, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.   a)  123 River Street, Jersey City, NJ.   Employer did not develop an accident prevention program, thereby exposing his employees to hazards including but not limited to falls.                                                Violation observed on or about 01/13/2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Abate by

Jun 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  a) 123 River Street, Jersey City, NJ.  Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds. Employee was working from scaffold plank approximately 10 feet high without the use of fall protection.                                          Violation observed on or about 01/13/2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Abate by

Jun 11, 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 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:  a) 123 River Street, Jersey City, NJ.  Employee was not provided fall protection training, thereby being exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet to the ground below.   Violation observed on or about 1/13/2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) 123 River Street, Jersey City, NJ.  Employee was observed working from a one plank scaffold without any means of fall protection being used, thereby exposing employee to fall hazard of approximately 10 feet 8 inches.                                 Violation observed on or about 01/13/2014.

Issued

Jun 3, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(5): Each employee on the face of formwork or reinforcing steel was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, or positioning device systems:   a) 123 River Street, Jersey City, NJ.   Employee was observed standing formwork frame 20 feet high without any means of fall protection being used, thereby exposing employee to a fall hazard approximately 20 feet onto rebar below.                                                    Violation observed on or about 01/13/2014.