OSHA Inspection: EMPRISE CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,320

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) Building Exterior/Third Floor Balcony: An employee working without hard hat on the third floor balcony was exposed to a struck by hazard from masonry blocks, on or about 1/07/2016.

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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.  a) 87 Wolcott St, Brooklyn NY: Employees were not provided a means to access the levels of a fabricated two frames in height that was staged on the third story balcony, on or about 1/07/2016

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:   a) 87 Wolcott St, Brooklyn NY: Four employees exposed to a 25 foot fall hazard while working from a scaffold two frames in height that was staged on the third story balcony without a guardrail system in place, on or about 1/07/2016

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally.   a) 87 Wolcott St, Brooklyn NY: Diagonal bracing was not installed on a fabricated scaffold frames that was staged on the third story balcony, on or about 1/07/2016

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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) 87 Wolcott St, Brooklyn NY: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet while performing work on the third floor balcony without the use of use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems, on or about 1/07/2016

Issued

Mar 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:       a) 87 Wolcott St, Brooklyn NY: Employees were exposed to fall/ladder collapse hazard while using the top step of an "A" frame ladder, on or about 01/07/2016.