OSHA Inspection: ALEXANDRE PAIVA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,115 · Current $3,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(i): The employer did not provide safe means of access for each employee erecting or dismantling a scaffold.   a. 407 Halsey Street Newark, NJ  Safe means of access was not provided as subcontractor employees gained access to the welded tubular frame scaffold by climbing the side rails, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.  Violation observed on or about 08/25/2016

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,115 · Current $3,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a. 407 Halsey Street Newark, NJ  Employees performing masonry activities in close proximity to an unprotected edge without adequate means of fall protection, thereby was exposing workers to an approximate 20 ft fall hazard.      Violation observed on or about 08/25/2016

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. 407 Halsey Street Newark, NJ  Workers engaged in scaffold dismantling activities from a welded tubular frame scaffold in close proximity to an unprotected edge without any means of fall protection, thereby exposing worker to an approximate 20 ft fall hazard.  Violation observed on or about 08/25/2016

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,115 · Current $3,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Tubular welded frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would have secured vertical members together laterally:   a. 407 Halsey Street Newark, NJ   Employees were observed performing masonry activities from a four tier, welded tubular frame scaffold that was not cross braced on the inside, which would have secured and squared the vertical members laterally.   Violation observed on or about  08/25/2016

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,115 · Current $3,086 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.706(b): Masonry walls over eight feet in height were not adequately braced to prevent overturning and to prevent collapse until permanent supporting elements of the structure were in place.  a. 407 Halsey Street Newark, NJ  Employees were exposed to unsupported an 30 foot tall masonry wall that bore no braces to prevent it from collapsing. The unsupported wall collapsed on the morning of 8/22/2016.  Violation occurred on or about 8/22/2016.