OSHA Inspection: TRIPLE J&R INC.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

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: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.     On or about: 07/16/14    a)  Employees working near the edge of the 2nd and third floors with out fall protection.  Guardrails were not installed on all floors.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 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: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 07/16/14  a)  Employees working at the edge of the building without fall protection were not trained to recognize fall hazards.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.    Location: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.     On or about: 07/16/14      a) Employees were working above and next to unprotected steel rebar.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

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: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.     On or about: 07/16/14    a) The stairway leading from the 1st floor to the 5th level were not temporarily filled with wood or other solid material.  Employees used the stairway as means of access to different floors daily during their work shift.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

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: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.     On or about: 07/16/14    a)  Stairways leading from the 1st floor to the 5th level were not equipped with a handrail.  Stairways were means of access for employees between the floors to their work area.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met.     Location: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 07/16/14  a) The employer did not implement and develop a written Hazard Communication Program for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as but not limited to gasoline and cement.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used.   Location: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 07/16/14  a) Employer did not maintain the required MSDS information sheets to his employees for on site reference of the chemicals being used, including but not limited to gasoline and Portland cement.

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area.     Location: 959 41st Street Brooklyn, NY.   On or about: 07/16/14  a)  The employer did not instruct and inform employees of the hazards exposed/using chemicals such as but not limited to gasoline and portland cement.