OSHA Inspection: GOLDEN TOWERS CORP.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $2,172 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(4): The employer did not provide respirators, training, and medical evaluations at no cost to employees:    a) Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    An employee was using an MSA half face respirator while cutting brick when he had not been trained to wear one properly, not fit tested, or medically evaluated to wear one.    Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $2,172 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer used written materials, such as signs, placards, process sheets, or batch tickets in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers that failed to identify the container(s) to which they were applicable and did not convey the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5):    a)  Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    Employees were exposed to chemical hazards as a 55 gallon drum of what was identified as diesel fuel had no labeling to positively identify it or the hazards associated with it.     Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,346 · Current $2,172 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use    a)  Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    Employees were exposed to chemical hazards as chemical materials on site did not have safety data sheets available to identify the hazards associated with them and the necessary personal protective equipment for employees to wear to protect themselves from those hazards.    Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,172 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(E): Lamps used in temporary wiring for general illumination were not protected from accidental contact or breakage:    a) Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    Employees were exposed to electrical hazards as lamps in temporary wiring either had open sockets or bulbs with no cages that were not protected from employee contact on all four floors and in the basement.     Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,172 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person:    a) Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    Employees were exposed to fall hazards as scaffold platforms that were erected within the elevator shaft were not designed by a qualified person.    Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.

Issued

Jun 14, 2017

Abate by

Jun 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,178 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(2): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high.    a) Worksite was located at 52 Vesey Street, Newark, NJ 07105    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 8 foot 3 inches as an open elevator shaft on the first floor had only a top rail in place to protect employees from a fall to concrete.    Violation was observed on or about 2/27/2017.