OSHA Inspection: JS BUILDERS, LLC.

Issued

May 9, 2017

Abate by

May 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $406 · Current $406

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   a) 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: The employer did not submit certification within 10 calendar days from the abatement date to certify that the cited violation had been abated, on or about 03/15/17.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,989 · Current $4,989

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:Note:  Exceptions are provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section.   a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: An employee fell approximately 14 feet from a supported frame scaffold as the 1.5"X10' plank he was standing on while working on the exterior wall of a newly constructed residential home broke causing him to fall, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,989 · Current $4,989

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  a) Jobsite at 12 Highwood Place, Alpine,  NJ: An employee fell approximately 14 feet from a supported frame scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about 06/19/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   a) Jobsite at 12 Highwood Place, Alpine,  NJ: A welded frame supported scaffold posts did not bear on base plates and mud sill, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet, on or about 06/19/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:   a) Jobsite at 12 Highwood Place, Alpine,  NJ: Cinderblocks were used to support a welded frame supported scaffold posts, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet, on or about 06/19/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a) Jobsite at 12 Highwood Place, Alpine, NJ: A three section welded frame supported scaffold was not plumb, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,564 · Current $3,564

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.   a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: A supported frame scaffold three sections high, approximately 21 feet in height, was not equipped with stairways, attachable ladders or ramps as means of access to work platform, thus exposing employees to fall hazards, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:  a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: A number of supported frame scaffolds three sections high and approximately 3 feet apart were connected horizontally by 1.5"X10' lumbers as means of horizontal access, thus exposing employees to fall hazards, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,564 · Current $3,564

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: A supported frame scaffold three sections high was not inspected by a competent person before work shift, thus exposing employees to fall hazards, on or about 06/19/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: A supported frame scaffolds was not erected under the supervision of a competent person, thus exposing employees to fall hazards, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b)(2): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question.  a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: An employee who erected supported frame scaffolds was not trained on the correct procedures for erecting the scaffold, thus exposing himself and others to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,989 · Current $4,989

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: A construction employee fell from the platform of a supported frame scaffold approximately 14 feet to the ground.  The employee was not wearing a personal fall arrest systems and/or the scaffold was not equipped with standard guardrail systems, on or about 06/20/16.

Issued

Sep 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:Note:  This requirement does not apply to float (ship) scaffolds where an edging of 3/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch (2 x 4 cm) wood or equivalent was used in lieu of toeboards.   a) Worksite at 12 Highwood Place Alpine, NJ: Buckets of waterproofing premier, tools and other construction material were loaded on the platform of a supported frame scaffold approximately 14 feet from the ground below with no toeboard or other means such as, but not limited to, debris net, to prevent material from falling, on or about 06/20/16.