OSHA Inspection: NORTH JERSEY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LLC

Issued

Jan 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.      a) Interior of Building- 3rd Floor: Employees without any eye protection were exposed to eye injury while engaged in demolition activities, on or about 8/29/15.    b) Interior of Building- 2nd Floor: Employees without any eye protection were exposed to eye injury while engaged in demolition activities, on or about 9/5/15.

Issued

Jan 15, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.252(a): An enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, was not used where materials were dropped more than 20 feet to points lying outside the exterior walls of the building(s):      a) Exterior of Building - Courtyard: Employees were dropping demolition debris approximately 30 feet down, from a window without the use of an enclosed chute, on or about 8/29/15.    b) Exterior of Building - Courtyard: Employees were dropping demolition debris approximately 22 feet down, from a window without the use of an enclosed chute, on or about 9/5/15.

Issued

Jan 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.    a) Interior of Building - Temporary Panel - First Floor: Employees were exposed to electric shock hazards as they used circuit breakers to turn on lights from an electric panel that had missing covers, on or about 8/29/15.

Issued

Jan 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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) Exterior of Building - Courtyard: Employee without any means of fall protection was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 28 feet while engaged in demolition activities from the roof, on or about 8/29/15.    b) Interior of Building - Courtyard: Employees without any means of fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 28 feet while engaged in demolition activities , on or about 8/29/15.    c) Interior of Building: Employees without any means of fall protection were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet while engaged in demolition activities around open holes, on or about 8/29/15.

Issued

Jan 15, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:      a) Interior Stairway: Employees were using an interior stairways that did not have a handrail to access the 2nd floor deck of a residential building, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet, on or about 8/29/15.    b) Interior Stairway: Employees were using an interior stairways that did not have a handrail to access the 3rd floor deck of a residential building, exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 10 feet, on or about 8/29/15.