OSHA Inspection: HARMONY CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1): Employer did not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362    Employer permitted employees to use flexible cord sets with damaged outer insulation.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupers for personal protection:  On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362  Employer permitted employees to use chop saw with no Ground-fault Circuit Interrupter.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights:    On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362    Employer allowed employees to be exposed to fall greater than 6 from the lower next level.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362   Employees working from tubular welded frame scaffolds, scaffold legs were missing mudsills for proper support.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362  Employees working from tubular welded frame scaffold had no proper means of ladder access to climb down scaffold.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 4, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:  On or about October 22, 2015 Job Site  39-50 Douglaston Parkway, Douglaston NY 11362  Employees working from tubular welded frame scaffold with no guardrail system.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.