OSHA Inspection: ARCADE ROOFING INC

Issued

Apr 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  a)  On or about March 21, 2016- job site at 248-05 Thornhill Ave, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was working at an active construction site, where overhead work was being performed, without a   protective helmet.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIED.

Issued

Apr 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  a)  On or about March 21, 2016- job site at 248-05 Thornhill Ave, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was using a Bosch hand held grinder to cut material that had its blade guard removed.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIED.

Issued

Apr 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  a)  On or about March 21, 2016- job site at 248-05 Thornhill Ave, Little Neck, NY 11362  employees were working on a ladder jack scaffold, more than 10 feet above the next lower level, without fall protection.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIED.

Issued

Apr 5, 2016

Abate by

Apr 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:  a)  On or about March 21, 2016- job site at 248-05 Thornhill Ave, Little Neck, NY 11362  employees working on a ladder jack scaffold were not trained to recognize the hazards associated with this type of   scaffold.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIED.