SOMERSET, NJ —
OSHA Inspection: REIVAX CONTRACTING
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of REIVAX CONTRACTING in CHURCHILL AVENUE & BERRY STREET, SOMERSET, NJ 08873 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 339859662.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- REIVAX CONTRACTING
- Site address
- CHURCHILL AVENUE & BERRY STREET
- City
- SOMERSET
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 08873
- Mailing
- 46 WASHINGTON ST., HARRISON, NJ
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237110
- Employees
- 15
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.100 A
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $1,848 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects in that the Superintendent was working under the suspended load of a backhoe lowering a section of sewer pipe into excavation with no head protection in place: a) Intersection of Churchill Avenue & Berry Street, Somerset, NJ 08873. Condition occurred on or about 07/21/14.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1848
- — Z (S) $3080
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $30,800 · Current $27,720 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Employee in an excavation were not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section in that employees were directed to enter the excavation when the excavation was not made entirely in stable rock, exceeded 5 foot in depth and no protective system was in place: a) Intersection of Churchill Avenue & Berry Street, Somerset, NJ 08873. Employees were allowed to work in an unprotected excavation that measured approximately 28 foot long, 8 foot wide and in excess of 5 foot deep exposing them to cave-in hazards. Condition occurred on or about 07/21/14.
Recent events (2)
- — I (W) $27720
- — Z (W) $30800
1926.651 B03
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $6,160 · Current $4,928 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(3): When approaching the estimated location of underground utilities, the employees did not use safe and acceptable means to locate those utilities to determine the exact location resulting in excavator breaking an active underground sewer line in that employees did not safely expose sewer line using shovels: a) Intersection of Churchill Avenue & Berry Street, Somerset, NJ 08873. Condition occurred on or about 07/21/14. Reivax Contracting was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.651(b)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312861560, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/07/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 211 West Prospect Street, Waldwick, NJ 07643.
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $4928
- — Z (R) $6160
1926.651 E
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $6,160 · Current $4,928 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(e): Employees were allowed to work underneath load handled by lifting and or digging equipment exposing them to struck by hazards in that an excavator was being used to lower pipe into the excavation with the employees directly below the load: a) Intersection of Churchill Avenue & Berry Street, Somerset, NJ 08873. Condition occurred on or about 07/21/14. Reivax Contracting was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.651(e), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312861560, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/07/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 211 West Prospect Street, Waldwick, NJ 07643.
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $4928
- — Z (R) $6160
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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 339859662.
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