OSHA Inspection: HUDSON VALLEY RENOVATIONS, INC.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $550.00 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:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The mobile scaffold platform was not fully planked.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The scaffold wheels did not rest on a firm foundation.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The employees climbed on the scaffold frame for access to and from the work platform.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The mobile scaffold was 13' high and did not have guardrails.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(1): The mobile scaffold was not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, to prevent racking or collapse of the scaffold and secure vertical members together laterally so as to automatically square and align the vertical members:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The mobile scaffold was missing cross bracing on the second level.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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:      On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) Employees who worked from a mobile scaffold were not provided training as required by the standard.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Ladders were used on surfaces which were not stable and level:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The employees were framing out the side wall. They placed two aluminum extension ladders in an excavation on top of debris.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees  using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The employees were climbing ladders and attempting to carry 4x8 pieces of plywood. They were exposed to a 16' to 20' fall hazard

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    On or about 4/29/2015, Lincoln Ave.    a) The employer did not provide ladder training as required by the standard.