FRESH MEADOWS, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: V. RIVAS CONSTRUCTION INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of V. RIVAS CONSTRUCTION INC. in 75-67 181ST STREET, FRESH MEADOWS, NY 11365 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 342570942.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- V. RIVAS CONSTRUCTION INC.
- Site address
- 75-67 181ST STREET
- City
- FRESH MEADOWS
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 11365
- Mailing
- 168-21 106TH AVENUE, JAMAICA, NY 11433
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.100 A
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663
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.) On or about August 22, 2017 at 75-67 181st Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 Employees working directly below a material hoisting operation were observed working without hard hats exposed to struck-by hazards. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $1663
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section: A.) On or about August 22, 2017 at 75-67 181st Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 Employees observed hoisting construction material along the unprotected side/edge of a tubular welded scaffold approximately eighteen (18) feet above the lower level. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed: 1.) On or about August 22, 2017 at 75-67 181st Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 A portable ladder used by employees to access a tubular welded scaffold work platform erected approximately eighteen (18) feet above the lower level was not extended at least three (3) feet above the upper landing surface exposing employees to fall hazards. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2772
1926.451 C02
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: A.) On or about August 22, 2017 at 75-67 181st Street, Fresh Meadows, NY 11366 A tubular welded scaffold erected approximately eighteen (18) feet above the lower level used was observed missing adequate firm foundation such as base plates and mud sills exposing employees to fall hazards. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED
Recent events (1)
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 342570942.
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