OSHA Inspection: BLACKSTONE GROUP, LLC

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $8492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vii): Unauthorized personnel shall not be permitted to ride on powered industrial trucks. A safe place to ride shall be provided where riding of trucks is authorized.    a) 315 S. Harrison St East Orange, NJ (Lotus 315 Project)    On or about 06 June 2017 and at times prior thereto, workers were transported throughout the worksite while standing on the forks of the telehandler;  employees were there by exposed to fall hazards and being thrown from the forklift.    Violation occurred on or about 06/13/2017

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5945.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).    a) 315 S. Harrison St East Orange, NJ (Lotus 315 Project)    The employer failed to provide cave-in protection for employees working in a trench 6 feet or more in depth.    Violation observed on or about 06/13/2017

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8873.00 · Current $5945.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.      a) 315 S. Harrison St East Orange, NJ (Lotus 315 Project)       Employee(s) throughout the jobsite has to pass by vertical pieces of rebar that did not have a protection cap there-by exposing workers to impalement hazards.     Violation observed on or about 06/13/2017

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2548.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    a) 315 S. Harrison St East Orange, NJ (Lotus 315 Project)    Employee engaged in trenching activities utilized an A-Frame Step Ladder in the closed position exposing employee to access and egress the trench.     Violation observed on or about 07/13/2017

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $97597.00 · Current $64070.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.      a) 315 S. Harrison St East Orange, NJ (Lotus 315 Project)       a.  Employee(s) preforming construction activities on walking/working surface in close           proximity to an unprotected edge without any means of fall protection, thereby           exposing workers to an approximate 15 ft fall hazard.            Violation observed on or about 06/13/2017            b. Employee(s) were observed performing construction activities on walking/working           surface in close proximity to an unprotected edge without any means of fall               protection, thereby exposing workers to an approximate 18 ft fall hazard.             Violation occurred on or about 06/15/2017