OSHA Inspection: BARAQA CONTRACTING

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432    the employer permitted employees to work approximately 15 feet below overhead brick laying without wearing protective     helmets.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):    a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432    the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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:  a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have base plates or mud sills   installed.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that had its footing placed on loose bricks   and scrap wood.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:  a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not erected by trained   employees, under the supervision of a competent person.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 15 feet above the next   lower level, without fall protection.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work below a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 15 feet above the next  lower level, without toe boards.  The employees on the scaffold were engaged in brick laying.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432    the employer permitted employees to work on a vestibule roof, approximately 11 feet about the next lower level,    without fall protection.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) On or about August 12, 2015- job site at 183-10 Dalny Road, Jamaica, NY 11432  the employer permitted employees to work on a vestibule roof, approximately 11 feet about the next lower level,  without fall protection training.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.