KEARNY, NJ —
OSHA Inspection: AJJ CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of AJJ CONSTRUCTION, LLC in MADISON AVE, KEARNY, NJ 07032 (NAICS 238160). OSHA activity number 342587334.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- AJJ CONSTRUCTION, LLC
- Site address
- MADISON AVE
- City
- KEARNY
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07032
- Mailing
- 91 WRIGHT STREET, NEWARK, NJ 07114
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238160
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B05 II
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end. a) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees were engaged in construction activities while installing siding from a pump-jack scaffold, in which the platforms cantilevered ends were extended approximately 6 feet past its support, exposing employees to fall hazards approximately 20ft to the ground below, on or about 8/24/17
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300
- — Z (S) $2716
1926.451 B10
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user: a) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees were exposed to fall hazards approximately 20 ft. to the ground below while engaged in construction activities on a pump-jack scaffold that had been erected with components of different manufactures, which endangered its structural integrity, on or about 8/24/17.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300
- — Z (S) $2716
1926.451 C02 II
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units: a) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees engaged in construction activities utilized a pump-jack scaffold that was supported by unstable hollow cinderblocks at the base of the scaffold, which exposed them to an approximate 20ft. fall hazard, on or about 8/24/17.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300
- — Z (S) $2716
1926.451 C03
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement. a.) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees were engaged in construction activities while utilizing a pump-jack scaffold that had unplumbed uprights, exposing them to fall hazards approximately 20ft to the ground below, on or about 8/24/17
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300
- — Z (S) $2716
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $3,803 · Current $300 Reduced
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.) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees were engaged in construction activities while installing siding from a pump-jack scaffold without utilizing any means of a personal fall arrest system, exposing them to a fall hazard approximately 20ft. to the ground below, on or about 8/24/2017.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300
- — Z (S) $3803
1926.452 J02
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. a) Madison Ave, Kearny NJ Employees were engaged in construction activities while installing siding from a pump-jack scaffold that was not braced at the bottom, thereby exposing employees to an approximate 20 foot fall hazard, on or about 8/24/2017.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $500
- — Z (S) $2716
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342587334.
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