OSHA Inspection: BCS MARKETING SOLUTIONS, INC.

Issued

Jan 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 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, First Floor at the Entrance to the New Home, Livingston, NJ.    The employer had not ensured that subcontractor employees were protected from falls of 13 feet, 4 inches through the first floor open and partially guarded floor hole to the basement below.                        Violation observed on or about 10/15/2015.    b)  23 Goodhart Drive, Second Floor Landing Around the Stairwell, Livingston, NJ.    The employer had not ensured that subcontractor employees were protected from falls of up to 10 feet, 4 inches from the second floor landing to the stairs and first floor below as the top guardrails around the stair opening were only 34 to 35 inches in height and they were lacking a midrail.                          Violation observed on or about 10/15/2015.

Issued

Jan 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 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 subcontractor employees were walking.                          Violation observed on or about 08/31/2015.

Issued

Jan 7, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(4): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structural members were not provided between the top rail of the stairrail system and the stairway steps:    a)  23 Goodhart Drive, On the Main Stairway to the Second Floor, Livingston, NJ.    Subcontractor employees were exposed to falls of up to 10'4" down to the first floor given that there were no midrails along the entire stairway.                          Violation observed on or about 10/15/2015.