OSHA Inspection: SILVER CREEK LANDSCAPING

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):   Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical agents:   a)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.   During demolition of the roof beams with the gas-powered chain saw, employees were exposed to penetrating eye trauma from wood particles as eye protection was not worn.                                               Violation observed on or about 12/18/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 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)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 17 feet from the roof of the structure undergoing demolition as no methods of fall protection were in use.                                               Violation observed on or about 12/12/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(10)(i):   Except as provided in paragraph (d)(10)(ii) of this section, when vertical lifelines were used, each employee was not attached to a separate lifeline:  a)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 17 feet from the roof of the structure undergoing demolition as at least 3 workers were tied off to a single rope lifeline on the roof, which would increase the chances for all of the workers to fall given a single worker falling.                                                              Violation observed on or about 12/18/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii):   Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  a)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of up to 17 feet from the roof of the structure undergoing demolition as fall protection equipment was rigged with excess rope of the lifeline at the workers' feet which would cause a worker to free fall more than 6 feet and hit the ground before the system stopped him or result in high deceleration forces on the worker.                                                             Violation observed on or about 12/18/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:   a)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees who were exposed to falls of up to 17 feet from the roof of the structure undergoing demolition had not received training from their employer on fall hazard recognition and fall hazard prevention.                                               Violation observed on or about 12/12/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $0.00 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)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees working in the storm sewer trench were exposed to asphyxia and crushing injuries from cave-in hazards as the over 7 foot deep trench walls were not protected from collapse.                                            Violation occurred on or about 11/10-11/2017.

Issued

2018-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:   a)  151 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ.  Employees were exposed to falls of over 11 feet from the roof of the structure undergoing demolition to the ground below as the extension ladder used to access the roof did not have its side rails extended at least 3 feet above the roof surface.                                               Violation observed on or about 12/18/2017.