OSHA Inspection: THOMAS IRON WORKS, INC.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee bolting-up columns was exposed to falls to the ground below and to the hazard of impalement on 30 inch high unprotected rebar directly below the work area.                                      Violation was observed on or about 07/29/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1):   Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.   a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee bolting-up columns was exposed to falls of 17 feet, 3 inches to the ground below as fall protection methods were not in use.                                       Violation was observed on or about 07/29/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(b)(3):  Each connector working at heights over 15 and up to 30 feet above a lower level, was not provided with a personal fall arrest system, positioning device system or fall restraint system and wear the equipment necessary to be able to be tied off; or was not provided with other means of protection from fall hazards in accordance with paragraph (a)(1) of this section.   a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee connecting steel was exposed to falls of 27 feet, 3 inches to the ground below as he was not wearing fall protection and did not have the equipment necessary to be tied off.                                      Violation was observed on or about 07/28/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Abate by

Sep 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.761(b): The employer did not train each employee exposed to a fall hazard in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.761:   a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 54 Church Street, Staten Island, NY.  Employee erecting the structural steel was exposed to fall hazards and had not received training from the employer in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.761 in regards to fall hazard recognition and prevention.                                     Violation was observed on or about 07/29/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee accessing the steel was exposed to falls as he used an extension ladder where the side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface being accessed.                                      Violation was observed on or about 07/29/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee accessing the top level of steel using a closed stepladder placed on the roof of the building was exposed to falls of 10 feet to the roof below or to falls of 17 feet, 3 inches to the ground below as the stepladder was not used as intended and could slip out from under the employee.                                       Violation was observed on or about 07/28/2015.

Issued

Aug 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a)  Work Site:  110 Route 10 West, Whippany, NJ.  Employee accessing the top level of steel using a closed stepladder placed on the roof of the building was exposed to falls as the top step of the stepladder was used as a step.                                      Violation was observed on or about 07/28/2015.