OSHA Inspection: LEVASSEUR BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $855 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.    a) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY - Employee was using hand saw to cut roofing slates without eye protection; on or about 5/25/2016.    Note:   The employer is required to provide abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $855 Reduced

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) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY - Employees were working under roofing work  without head protection; on or about 5/25/2016.      Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,497 Reduced

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) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY: Employees were using BOSCH Table Saw - Serial #58330 - 3364 to cut roofing slates with approximately 1.6" of the blade unguarded and exposed; on or about 5/25/16.    Note:  In addition to abatement documentation, the employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,497 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:    a) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY - Employee was installing roofing slates on a residential house while working on Ladder Jack scaffold approximately 17 ft. above the ground.  The platform plank was approximately 8 inches; on or about 5/25/16.    Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,497 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.      a) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue NY - Employee working on a ladder Jack scaffold approximately 17 ft. above ground did not have means of access; on or about 5/25/16.    Note:  In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to submit abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,497 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    a) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY, front of garage: Employee was doing roof work on a ladder jack scaffold approximately 17 ft. above the ground below without fall protection; on or about 5/25/16.    b) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY, left side of garage: Employee was doing roof work on a ladder jack scaffold approximately 8ft. above the ground below without fall protection; on or about 5/25/16.    c) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY, front of garage: Employee was doing roof work on a roof bracket scaffold approximately 14 ft. above the ground below without fall protection; on or about 5/25/15      Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,741 · Current $1,497 Reduced

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) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY: Employees did not recognize the hazards associated with working  on a Ladder Jack Scaffold approximately 17 ft. and 8ft. above the ground  without fall protection; on or about 5/25/16.    b) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue, NY: Employees did not recognize the hazards associated with working  on Roof Brackets approximately 14 ft. above ground without fall protection; on or about 5/25/16.      Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Aug 15, 2016

Abate by

Aug 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,067 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) Worksite, 5 Ogden Lane, Quogue NY: Employee was accessing a roof bracket scaffold approximately 14 ft. above the ground. The portable ladder used to access the roof bracket scaffold was not extended 36 in. above the landing surface; on or about 5/25/16.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification  for this item in accordance to CFR 1903.19.