OSHA Inspection: LEECO CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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:     325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY. Rear of Building.    a)        Employee was not properly trained in how to recognize and eliminate hazards associated with his work.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.       Location: 325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY.     a) Employees did not wear protective helmets when using two wheelbarrows to transport cement gravel  from the front of the building to the backyard while walking under the tubular welded frame scaffold. on or about 06/03/14.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 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.      Location:     325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY. Rear of Building.        Employees worked from tubular welded frame scaffold and was not protected from falling 12 feet to ground by the use of fall protection systems. On or about 06/03/2014.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.      Location:     325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY. Rear of Building.    a)        Protruding steel around the concrete cement was left exposed. Employees were exposed to impalement or lacerations. On or about 06/03/2014.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.    Location:   325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY. Rear of Building.    Employees were working approximately 12 feet high on the tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked. On or about 06/03/2014.

Issued

2014-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds shall not be used as a means of access or egress.    Location: 325 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY. Rear of Building      a)    Employees climbed the cross braces and frames to access the work areas when working from the tubular welded frame scaffold to paint the exterior façade of the building. On or about 06/03/2014.