OSHA Inspection: A-Z APARTMENT BUILDING SUPPLY CORP.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii): The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:    On or about 1/2/15    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) Employees used a Hitachi C10FSH Chop/Miter saw that had the guard for the lower half of the saw blade wedged, with a piece of wood, in the retracted/open position leaving the lower section of the blade unguarded.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(h)(1): Each circular crosscut table saw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw blade above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut:    On or about 01/02/15    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) Employees used a Ryobi 10 inch crosscut table saw that did not hood guard covering the portion of the saw blade above the table.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): 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 1/2/15    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters or an assured equipment grounding was not used to protect employees using extension cords and electrical powered tools.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(F): Temporary lights were suspended by their electric cords when such lights and cords were not designed for suspension:    On or about 1/2/15    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) Temporary lighting was suspended by their electrical cords and draped over metal sprinkler system piping.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:     On or about 1/2/15     Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701     a) An extension cord with a damaged/cut outer insulating jacket and damaged/cut insulation on a inner conductor wire which exposed copper conductor was used by employees to provide power the office trailer on site.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end:    On or about 12/31/14    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) The work platform on a single frame tubular welded frame scaffold extended approximately 24 inches past its support.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    On or about 12/31/14    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) Employees on a single frame tubular welded frame scaffold, positioned on a deck, near the edge, were not protected from falls of 11 feet to the ground  below on the west end of the scaffold.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On or about 12/31/14  Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701  a) Employees working on a tubular welded frame scaffold were not trained in the hazards associated with working on a scaffold and the procedures for minimizing such hazards.

Issued

Jun 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    On or about 12/31/14    Location: 325 North Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701    a) An employee on a pitched door canopy roof was not protected from falls of 8'7" to the cement entrance stair landing below and 11' to the ground below by a guardrail system or any other type of fall protection system.