OSHA Inspection: THE FLORES CONTRACTORS, LLC.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1020.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):     The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l)  (Construction Reference 1926.602):    a)  23 Goodhart Drive, Livingston, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 91 Mitchell Street, West Orange, NJ.    The operator of the Lull rough terrain forklift had not received the training and evaluation as required in the powered industrial truck regulation when moving 2" x 6" sill plate planks around the site.                                                Violation observed on or about 09/02/2015.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1020.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):     a)  23 Goodhart Drive, Livingston, NJ.    The employer had not provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site by a competent person for hazards which could impact employees such as fall issues when installing sill plates in new home construction.                        Violation observed on or about 09/02/2015.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1180.00 Reduced

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)  23 Goodhart Drive, Livingston, NJ.    Employee was exposed to penetrating eye trauma as neither eye nor face protective equipment was worn when the worker was using the Hitachi Coil Nailer.                              Violation observed on or about 09/02/2015.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $6300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor was the employee provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):       a)  23 Goodhart Drive, Livingston, NJ.    The employer had not ensured that his employee was protected from falls of 12 1/2 feet from the top of the foundation wall to the basement floor below when working on this new home's sill plate.                        Violation occurred on or about 08/31/2015.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $6300.00 Reduced

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)  23 Goodhart Drive, Livingston, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 91 Mitchell Street, West Orange, NJ.    The employer had not provided employees with a training program on recognizing and eliminating fall hazards especially when installing sill plates on new home foundation walls.                        Violation observed on or about 08/31/2015.

Issued

2016-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1180.00 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)  23 Goodhart Drive, On the West Side of the Side of the Property by the Garage Entrances, Livingston, NJ.    The employer had not guarded the tops of 25 pieces of reinforcing steel projecting up approximately 17 inches from the ground in the general area where sill plate installation was occurring and employees were walking.                          Violation observed on or about 08/31/2015.