OSHA Inspection: E & B CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Sep 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,987 · Current $2,987

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):   Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a)  714 Route 10, Randolph, NJ.  Employees were exposed to injury through a scaffold collapse as concrete blocks, which are not an adequate foundation, were used to support one of the fabricated frame scaffolds and other scaffold poles lacked base plates.                                  Violation observed on or about 05/20/2017.

Issued

Sep 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

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)  714 Route 10, Randolph, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 19 to 20 feet to the ground below as workers involved with exterior wall masonry work were using the scaffold frames and crossbraces as a means of access from one level to the other.                                  Violation observed on or about 05/20/2017.

Issued

Sep 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $4,183

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)  714 Route 10, Randolph, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of 19 to 20 feet to the ground below as proper guardrails for fabricated frame scaffolding were not used and no other method of fall protection was in place while workers were involved with exterior wall masonry work.                                  Violation observed on or about 05/20/2017.

Issued

Sep 20, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):   a)  714 Route 10, Randolph, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of 19 to 20 feet to the ground below as working levels of the fabricated frame scaffold were not fully planked.                                  Violation observed on or about 05/20/2017.