OSHA Inspection: BLUE PORT CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 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) On or about August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363    Employees were working below overhead construction without wearing protective helmets.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):    a) On or about August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363    An employee was working on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 15-feet above a lower level, that was not fully planked.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363  An employee was working on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 15-feet above a lower level, that did not have base plates or mud sills.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363  An employee was working on a tubular welded frame scaffold, approximately 15 feet above the next lower level, without fall protection.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,672 · Current $1,870 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    a) On or about August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363    An employee was working near the unprotected edge of the second floor of a new home construction project, approximately 10-feet above a lower level, without fall protection.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Oct 12, 2016

Abate by

Oct 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) On or about August 23, 2016- job site of 37-15 255th Street, Little Neck, NY 11363  An employee was working near the unprotected edge on the second floor of a new home construction project, exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10-feet, and was not trained to recognize fall hazards.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.