OSHA Inspection: BEDNAR LANDSCAPE SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Abate by

Jun 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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:    a)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 501 Division Street, Boonton, NJ.    The employer did not develop, implement and maintain a written hazard communication program for employees who need to apply Gardner Foundation & Roof Coating, a central nervous system depressant as well as an eye, skin and respiratory irritant, to the foundation walls.                                        Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Abate by

Jun 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    a)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 501 Division Street, Boonton, NJ.    The employer did not provide safety data sheets for employees who were exposed to the central nervous system depressant as well as the eye, skin and respiratory irritants found in Gardner Foundation & Roof Coating when applying it to the foundation walls.                                        Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Abate by

Jun 13, 2015

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)      a)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 501 Division Street, Boonton, NJ.    The employer did not provide training to employees who are exposed to the central nervous system depressant as well as eye, skin and respiratory irritants found in Gardner's Foundation & Roofing Coating.                                        Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Abate by

Jun 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    a) Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 501 Division Street, Boonton, NJ.    Employee(s) were not instructed to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions and were not trained as to what OSHA regulations applied to them at the job site so that they could control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to injury while engaging in trenching operations.                                                                    Violation observed on or about 10/01/2015.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ.  The employer had not provided hardhats and ensured their use when employees were exposed to struck-by injuries to the head from rocks or other materials such as tools and piping while working in the base of a trench.                                                                   Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(b)(1): The estimated location of underground utility installations, such as sewer, telephone, fuel, electric, water lines, or any other underground installations that reasonably may be expected to be encountered during excavation work, were not determined prior to opening the excavation:  a)  Work Site: 434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ.    The employer had not contacted NJ One Call prior to beginning their digging for the French drain system.                                            Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2):   A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:  a) Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ.  Employee(s) were working inside a 48 foot section of a 150 foot long trench in depths of up to 13 feet and the means of egress was a ramp of quarry process stone that was 41 feet of lateral travel from where the cave-in occurred and where workers had been working.                                                                     Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1):   An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:   a) Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ.   A daily inspection of the trench was not made by a competent person. Trench had visible deficiencies, such as but not limited to, no protective cave-in system with maximum depths of 9 to 13 feet, a lack of safe egress with the exit being a 41 foot travel distance and no utility mark outs.                                                                     Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $49,000 · Current $49,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):  Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(c). The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i) in that the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one and one-half horizontal to one vertical (34 degrees measured from the horizontal):    a) Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, West Side, Parallel to the Garage, Boonton, NJ.  Workers installing a French drain system in a trench were exposed to crushing injuries in the 9 to 13 foot deep trench which was not adequately sloped or protected by shields or shoring.                                                                   Violation observed on or about 10/01/2014.  b)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Southwest Side and East Side, Parallel to the House's Foundation, Boonton, NJ.  Workers installing a French drain system in a trench were exposed to crushing injuries in the at least 9 foot deep trench which was not adequately sloped or protected by shields or shoring.                                      Violation occurred on or about 09/29/2014.

Issued

Mar 27, 2015

Abate by

Jun 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2):  The employer did not maintain in each establishment a log and summary of all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form No. 300 or equivalent) for that establishment which had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year:    a)  Work Site:  434 Rockaway Valley Road, Boonton, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 501 Division Street, Boonton, NJ.    OSHA 300 Logs were not maintained by the employer for 2013 and 2014.                                            Violation occurred on or about 10/01/2014.