OSHA Inspection: J. LOPEZ CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Jan 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $1,630

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): As referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59, the employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) 1200 70th St., North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not develop, implement and maintain a written hazard communication program for employees who use chemicals, including but not limited to Drylok Concrete Toner.  Condition occurred on or about 06/02/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Dec 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): As referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59, the employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  a) 1200 70th St., North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not have safety data sheets for chemicals used by employees, including but not limited to Drylok Concrete Toner.   Condition occurred on or about 06/02/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Jan 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): As referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59, employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) 1200 70th St., North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not provide training to employees who are exposed to chemicals, including but not limited to, Drylok Concrete Toner.    Condition occurred on or about 06/02/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Dec 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $2,173

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of the scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  a) 1200 70th Street, North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not fully plank the working platform where employees were conducting brick pointing and application of concrete dry lock toner exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet.  Condition occurred on or about 6/2/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Dec 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  a) 1200 70th Street, North Bergen, NJ  Employees conducting brick pointing and application of concrete dry lock toner climbed the scaffold structure to access the working platforms.   Condition occurred on or about 6/2/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Jan 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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)  1200 70th Street, North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not train their employees to recognize hazards associated with working on tubular welded scaffolds and the procedures to control those hazards.  Condition occurred on or about 6/2/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Abate by

Jan 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  a)  1200 70th Street, North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not train their employees involved in erecting tubular welded scaffolds to recognize hazards associated with proper erection.  Condition occurred on or about 6/2/2017

Issued

Nov 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $2,716

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:  a) 1200 70th St., North Bergen, NJ  The employer did not report the death of an employee resulting from a work related incident within 8 hours.  Condition occurred on or about 6/2/2017