OSHA Inspection: NORTH STUCCO CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1):  Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  A scaffold plank on the tubular welded frame scaffold was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it as the plank broke under the weight of a worker.                                                Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):   a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.   Employee was exposed to falls as the first level of the tubular welded frame was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii):  Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  Concrete blocks which are unstable objects were used under scaffold poles of the tubular welded frame scaffold to support the scaffold exposing employees to injury from a scaffold collapse.                                                Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:  a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  The employee was exposed to 9 to 10 foot falls to the ground below as direct access was made from the building's balcony to the platform of the tubular welded frame scaffold which was 17 inches horizontally from the balcony.                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3):  Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  A competent person did not inspect the tubular welded frame scaffold for visible defects exposing employees to injury.                                                      Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2):  Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally: undefined :   a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  2 sets of cross braces were missing on the tubular welded frame scaffold exposing workers to the risk of scaffold collapse.                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):  The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 5 Cooper Drive, Ossining, NY.  The employer did not provide instruction and training on scaffold-use hazard recognition and safety to employees erecting and using the tubular welded frame scaffold.                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):  a)  12 Metzger Drive, West Orange, NJ.  The employer did not provide for fall protection through adequate guardrails or other means when employees were working on the balcony exposing them to a fall of approximately 10 feet to the ground below.                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2014.