OSHA Inspection: DORMAC CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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) South Side, 1076 River Road, Edgewater, NJ: Employee working on a scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet where the scaffold did not have a safe means to access and the employees were using the cross braces to access upper levels of the scaffold, on or about 4/29/2016.

Issued

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).  a) South Side, 1076 River Road, Edgewater, NJ: Employees were exposed to electrocution hazard while working on a scaffold that was approximately 2 feet from high voltage power lines, approximately 13,000 volts, on or about 4/29/20116.

Issued

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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) South Side, 1076 River Road, Edgewater, NJ: Employee working on a scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet while working on a scaffold that was not protected by guard rails, safety nets, personal fall arrest system, or other feasible means of fall protection, on or about 4/29/2016.