NEW YORK, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: RAILWORKS TRANSIT, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of RAILWORKS TRANSIT, INC. in UNDERGROUND TUNNEL FROM 92ND ST. TO 87TH ST. ON 2ND AVE., NEW YORK, NY 10128 (NAICS 237990). OSHA activity number 339962433.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- RAILWORKS TRANSIT, INC.
- Site address
- UNDERGROUND TUNNEL FROM 92ND ST. TO 87TH ST. ON 2ND AVE.
- City
- NEW YORK
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10128
- Mailing
- 5 PENN PLAZA, 15TH FL., NEW YORK, NY 10001
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237990
- Employees
- 30
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by piping. a) Underground subway tunnel: Employees were struck by inadequately secured concrete delivery piping during slick pipe cleaning operations that utilized compressed air. On or about 09/11/14. Among other feasible and acceptable means of abatement would be to include following: 1) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Z151-09 Concrete pumps and placing booms, section 6.5 "Cleaning of the boom pipeline", 6.5.1 item (b) states, "the system to be cleaned has been secured against movement." 2) Concrete Pump Delivery Industry Guidelines by Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA), section 6.4 "Line Cleaning (one site)", under "Risk Control". it (h) states, "Keep all workers away from the discharge end while the concrete is under pressure."
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4500
- · Z (S) $4500
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339962433.
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