OSHA Inspection: BREEZE NATIONAL INC

Issued

2015-07-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations  a) During demolition a collapse of two floors, the outer wall, occurred. Steel beam shelves were damaged and failed causing the 4th floor to collapse as mechanical equipment was removing the concrete from the beam.    Location: 622 W 57th Street, New York, N.Y.    On or about 2/25/2015    NOTE: BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2015-07-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(b): The walls or floors were not shored or braced where employee(s) were required to work within a damaged structure to be demolished  a) The steel beam shelves were damaged and the floors were not shored or braced. The employer did not shore and brace the steel beams before starting demolition.    Location: 622 W 57th Street, New York, N.Y.    On or about 2/25/2015    NOTE: BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.