OSHA Inspection: SENATORE BUILDERS

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,585 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                             A) Exterior, 0n ground: An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while using an electric concrete saw and was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about April 3rd, 2017.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,585 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.   A) Exterior, On scaffold: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while working on a fabricated framed scaffold that was not provided with safe acceptable means of access, on or about April 3rd, 2017.

Issued

Jul 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,170 · Current $5,019 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) Exterior left side of the structure, on the ground below the scaffold: Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below other employees conducting masonry activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about April 3rd, 2017.   Senatore Builders was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.100 a, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1022152, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on September 10th, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 43 New Street in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.