OSHA Inspection: RUSTICO TOWERS LLC

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(iv)(h): Portable power tools.  One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks.  Site: 313 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a) A handheld grinder used by the workers at the site was not installed with any guard for the cutting wheel.

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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.  Site: 313 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a) The working platform on the scaffold used by the employees were not fully planked.

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

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.  Site: 313 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a) There was no safe means of access provided for the employees to access the work platform on the scaffold.

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  Site: 313 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a) No guardrails were installed at the two ends of the work platform on the scaffold.

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

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).  Site: 313 52dn Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a)  Employees were not protected by any means from falling over the wall of the building to street level from the 4th floor.

Issued

Sep 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(1): Foot traffic was not prohibited on stairways where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date and stairs were not temporarily fitted with wood or other solid material at least to the top edge of each pan.  Site: 313 52nd Street, Brooklyn, NY  On or about 3/23/2017  a)  The treads and landings of the pan stairs were not filled or fitted with any solid material to the top edge of each pan.  Employees used these stairs to travel between floors.