NEW CANAAN, CT —
OSHA Inspection: VALENZUELA CONSTRUCTION LLC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of VALENZUELA CONSTRUCTION LLC in 518 WEED STREET, NEW CANAAN, CT 06840 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 339856858.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- VALENZUELA CONSTRUCTION LLC
- Site address
- 518 WEED STREET
- City
- NEW CANAAN
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06840
- Mailing
- 2 ELMWOOD AVENUE APT. 2, NORWALK, CT 06854
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $1,200 · Current $700 Reduced
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: JOBSITE: The employer had not developed and implemented a written Hazard Communication program where employees were required to work with and handle hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Light Masonry Cement.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $700
- — Z (S) $1200
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59) JOBSITE: The employer did not provide training and information to the employees, required to work with and handle chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Light Masonry Cement on the chemical Hazard Communications
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 C01
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,650 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph. JOBSITE: The fabricated frame scaffold, erected to a height of 25 feet 4 inches from the base was not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1650
- — Z (S) $2800
1926.451 C02 I
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: JOBSITE: The footings of the fabricated frame scaffold, erected at a height of 25 feet 4 inches from the base were placed on hollow concrete blocks that were not leveled and stable.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 F07
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person. JOBSITE: The fabricated frame scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 E09 I
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,650 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(i): The employer did not provide safe means of access for each employee erecting or dismantling a scaffold: JOBSITE: The employees performing erection of a fabricated frame scaffold were not provided with a ladder or other safe means of access.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1650
- — Z (S) $2800
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339856858.
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