OSHA Inspection: CASA CONCRETE CORPORATION

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  Location: 579 VanBuren Street, Brooklyn, NY North West corner of property.  On or about Janunary 15, 2015.  a). Employees on site only to clean up equipment and materials, near the excavation at the north west corner were not protected from falling into the basement area by means of guardrail, or safety nets.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.706(a)(3): The limited access zone for masonry construction was not established on the side of the wall which was unscaffolded:  LOCATIONS: 579 VanBuren Street, Brooklyn, NY, West end of project.  On or about January 15, 2015.  A). Employees working to clean the site and remove concrete forms on site were exposed to potential struck by and caught in hazards because there was no limited access zone around the 8 foot masonry block wall being erected at the west side of the project. Employees were walking past the concrete wall carrying materials to and from the site to the trucks.