OSHA Inspection: ALPINE CONSTRUCTION & INTERIOR, INC.

Issued

2016-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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) Job site at 133 Reldyes Ave. leonia, NJ: A pump jack scaffold posts did not bear on base plates and mud sill thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 22 feet, on or about 12/14/15.

Issued

2016-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Job site at 133 Reldyes Ave. leonia, NJ: A pump jack scaffold was not erected and dismantled under the supervision of a competent person thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 22 feet, on or about 12/14/15.

Issued

2016-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not train the employees on the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question:  a) Job site at 133 Reldyes Ave. leonia, NJ: The employees erected and dismantled a pump jack scaffold were not trained on the correct procedures thus exposing themselves to a fall hazard of approximately 27 feet, on or about 01/02/15.

Issued

2016-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 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) Job site at 133 Reldyes Ave. leonia, NJ: An employee was on the roof of a newly constructed single family home approximately 27 feet from the ground unbracing a pump jack scaffold leaning forward of the unprotected edge without the use of fall protection systems, on or about 01/02/15.

Issued

2016-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:      a)Job site at 133 Reldyes Ave. leonia, NJ: A stairways with seven risers was not equipped with stairrail system along the unprotected edge thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 88 inches, on or about 12/29/15.