OSHA Inspection: BRUDSTONE BUILDING & REMODELING INC.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:      a)  On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY:  Employees engaged in construction work including demolition, roofing & siding work , and general  renovation work were not trained to recognize potential hazards on this type of jobsite,  including but not limited to falls from roofs, ladders, skylights,  stairs & scaffolds, electrical hazards, unguarded tools/machines, fire hazards, and the need for personal protective equipment to protect them from various hazards. They also were not trained in the applicable OSHA regulations to control or eliminate these hazards.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-31 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) On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY:  Two untrained employees had  erected a ladder jack scaffold approx. 13 ft. above the ground. The scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling, or alteration.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $880.00 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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:      On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY. A ladder jack scaffold was erected with the brackets on the outside (street side) of the  support ladders. The employee had to climb over the bracket to get on the pik which was approx. 13 ft. above the ground. A separate access ladder was not provided.      NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1560.00 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:      On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY:  An employee was on the pik of a ladder jack scaffold erected on the south side of a house, west of the front entrance while engaged in removing rotted wood trim from a dormer on the roof. The employee fell approx. 13 ft. to the ground when the scaffold collapsed.  No personal fall arrest system or other fall protection system was utilized.       NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantlivered end:    On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY:  An employee was on the approx. 16 ft. long pik of a ladder jack scaffold erected on the south side of a house, west of the front entrance while engaged in removing rotted wood trim from a dormer on the roof. The pik extended over the end of the west support bracket by approx. 5 ft. and  extended over the end of the east support bracket by approx. 1 ft. The employee was on the west cantlevered part of the pik when the scaffold collapsed and the employee fell approx. 13 ft. to the ground.   NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $660.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes (including skylights) by covers:      a) On or about 06/20/16, on a construction site at a house undergoing renovations at 90 Crosby Blvd., Amherst,NY:   There was an approx. 2 ft. deep pit with 2 PVC vertical pipes sticking out, at a wall corner west  of the front entrance. The pit was covered by steel grating. There were two holes in grating, and there were 2 pieces of OSB/plywood PARTIALLY covering the holes. Neither cover was secured  and neither was marked with the word Hole.        NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED