OSHA Inspection: DPC NEW YORK, INC.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they were not equipped with such guards when in use:    On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employee used the Bosch angle grinder for brick pointing. The grinder did not have a guard.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): The employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites:     On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employees were using extension cords to power their tools. They were not using ground fault circuit interrupters.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent and continuous:    On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employees were doing masonry work. The Bosch chipping hammer and one extension cord had the ground pins broken off.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked:    On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employee used the tubular welded frame scaffold to do masonry work. The platform had one 2x10 wood plank.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employee used the frame of the tubular welded scaffold for access to/from the bulk head.

Issued

2014-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening was less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:    On or about 7/29/2014, Building #3    a) The employee was working on the bulk head roof. He was exposed to a 9' fall hazard.