OSHA Inspection: TBC CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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) On or about January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362    an employee was using a Bostitch pneumatic nail gun to nail plywood to the roof of a home, without wearing eye    protection.     WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer failed to ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  a) On or about January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was using a Bostitch pneumatic nail gun to nail plywood to the roof of a home, without wearing eye  protection.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was working below overhead construction, without a protective helmet.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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.    a) On or about January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362    an employee was working on a tubular welded framed scaffold that did not have an access ladder, requiring employees    to climb up the frame to get to the work level.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would  automatically square:  a) On or about January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was working on a tubular welded framed scaffold that was missing cross bracing at several points on the   scaffold.  WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,630 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 January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362    employees were working on the roof, of a 2 story residential construction project, without fall protection.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,432 · Current $3,258 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 January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362    an employee was working on a tubular welded framed scaffold that was not fully planked at the work level.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19      TBC CONSTRUCTION INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD 1926.451(b)(1)(ii), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 558798, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 1, ISSUED ON 01/17/2013 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON 02/15/2013, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 246-16 DEEPDALE AVE, LITTLE NECK, NY 11362.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

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 January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was working on a tubular welded framed scaffold, approximately 17 feet above the next lower level, without   fall protection.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19   TBC CONSTRUCTION INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD 1926.451(g)(1), OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 558798, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 2a, ISSUED ON 01/17/2013 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON 02/15/2013, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 246-16 DEEPDALE AVE, LITTLE NECK, NY 11362.

Issued

Mar 22, 2017

Abate by

Apr 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about January 25, 2017- job site of 256th street, Little Neck, NY 11362  an employee was working on a tubular welded framed scaffold, approximately 17 feet above the next lower level, without   being trained on the need for fall protection.   WRITTEN ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED PERSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19    TBC CONSTRUCTION INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD 1926.454(a),  OR ITS EQUIVALENT, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 558798, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 2B, ISSUED ON 01/17/2013 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS FINAL ORDER ON 02/15/2013, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 246-16 DEEPDALE AVE, LITTLE NECK, NY 11362.