OSHA Inspection: EXCELLENT CONTRACTING, LLC

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a) 240 E. 48th street, New York, NY: Employees use chemicals such as but not limited to Portland Cement which has a pH of 12 to 13 and were not provided with an eyewash station or personal protective equipment, on or about 05/14/15.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000 AS PER CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) 240 E. 48th street, New York, NY: Employees use chemicals such as but not limited to Portland Cement which has a pH of 12 to 13 and were not provided with eye protection, on or about 05/14/15.  NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000 AS PER CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    a) 240 East 48th street, New York, NY: Employees using chemicals such as but not limited to Portland Cement with a pH of approximately 12 to 13 were not provided with a Hazard Communication Program, on or about 05/14/15.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000 AS PER CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:   a)    240 East 48th street, New York, NY: Employees using chemicals such as but not limited to Portland Cement with a pH of approximately 12 to 13 were not provided with a Material Safety Data Sheet, on or about 05/14/15.  NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000 AS PER CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:

Issued

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5600.00 · Current $5000.00 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:    a) 240 East 48th street, New York, NY: Employees were working approximately 12 feet high on a make-shift scaffold conducting masonry work and were not provided with a fall protection system, on or about 05/14/15.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000 AS PER CFR 1903.19.       Excellent Contracting, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 909382, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/22/13 with respect to a workplace located at 314 Scholes Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206.