OSHA Inspection: ATLANTIC COAST CARPENTRY & DRYWALL LLC

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,750 Reduced

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)  24 Jones Street, On the Ground On the South Side, Newark, NJ.    Employee was exposed to head injury from objects above as he was not wearing head protection.                                Violation observed on or about 02/18/2015.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v):     A body belt with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    a)  24 Jones Street, On the South Side, Newark, NJ.    Employee was exposed to being catapulted from the basket of the JLG lift to the ground below as he was not wearing fall arrest or restraint devices.                                   Violation observed on or about 02/18/2015.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,750 Reduced

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:      a)  24 Jones Street, On the Top Level On the South Side, Newark, NJ.    Employees were exposed to falls of 34 feet to the ground below as fall protection methods were not in use while laying out walls.                                   Violation observed on or about 02/18/2015.      b)  24 Jones Street, On the Top Level On the Wast Side, Newark, NJ.    Employees were exposed to falls of 34 feet to the ground below as fall protection methods were not in use while placing wall panels.                                    Violation observed on or about 02/18/2015.

Issued

Mar 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b):  All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:      a)  24 Jones Street, On the Ground On the South Side, Newark, NJ.    Employees were exposed to impalement hazards as all protruding rebar was not guarded.                            Violation observed on or about 02/18/2015.