OSHA Inspection: STATION BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Feb 21, 2018

Abate by

Apr 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $415 · Current $415

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) The employer failed to submit to OSHA within 10 calendar days of 10/12/17, certification of abatement of citation 2, item 2 issued in this case under 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  b) The employer failed to submit to OSHA within 10 calendar days of 11/02/17, certification of abatement of citation 2, item 5 issued in this case under 29 CFR 1926.503(a):

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Oct 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,577 · Current $5,577

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:  location: exterior of building on or about:  8/22/17  a) Employees working on scaffold platforms up to 21'5" high, used the crossbraces for access.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Oct 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,577 · Current $5,577

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(6): Each employee on ramps, runways, and other walkways was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems:  location: between 1st floor and outside of building  on or about: 8/22/17  a) Employees were using two planks to access between the 1st floor from the outside of the building. The employees were exposed to a fall of 12'.  Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Oct 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,154 · Current $11,154

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:  location: exterior of building on or about: 8/22/17  a) Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold. The working levels of the scaffold were not fully decked.  Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19  The Station Builders Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1164030, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 1/18/2017, with respect to a workplace located at Gables Way, Monroe Township, NJ 08831.

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Oct 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,154 · Current $11,154

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  location: exterior of building on or about: 8/22/17  a) Employees, engaged in masonry work from a tubular welded frame scaffold, were not provided with fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of up to 21'5".  Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19  The Station Builders Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1212283, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/6/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1333 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, PA 19142.

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Nov 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,154 · Current $11,154

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer shall have each employee who performed 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:  location: entire site on or about: 8/22/17  a) Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold. One of the employees was not provided with scaffold safety training.  Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19   The Station Builders Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.454(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1178174, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 5/16/17, with respect to a workplace located at 18 West Girard Ave Philadelphia, PA 19123.

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Oct 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $11,154 · Current $11,154

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): "Wall openings." Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:  location: 1st floor on or about: 8/22/17  a) Employees, working and walking beside wall openings, were not provided with any means of fall protection. The employees were exposed to a fall of 12'.  Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19   The Station Builders Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(b)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1164030, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as a final order on 1/18/2017, with respect to a workplace located at Gables Way, Monroe Township, NJ 08831.

Issued

Sep 29, 2017

Abate by

Nov 2, 2017

Penalty

Initial $27,885 · Current $27,885

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  location: entire site on or about: 8/22/17  a) An employee, exposed to a fall hazard while engaged in masonry work, was not provided with fall protection training.   Note: In addition to abatement certification, the employer is required to provide abatement documentation for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19  The Station Builders Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1148727, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/10/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 19th & Central Ave. Ocean City, NJ 08226.