OSHA Inspection: PINNACLE PARTNERS GROUP, LLC

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employer did not provide an employee with protective head and foot protection during construction operations at the gut/rehab project; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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29 CFR 1926.303(b)(1): Grinding machines were not equipped with safety guards in conformance with the requirements of ANSI B7.1-1970, Safety Code for the Use, Care, and Protection of abrasive wheels, and paragraph (d) of this section.   Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a) An employees was exposed to amputations and other hazardous conditions when utilizing a wire brush angle grinder that had an abrasive wheel attached while not being equipped with the hand tool's protective guards; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Except as required or permitted elsewhere in this subpart, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more shall be guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, or by any of the following means.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employer did not provide enclosure to an electrical panel and to an electrical outlet in order to protect employees against accidental contact.  An employee was exposed to an electrical shock hazard; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.  Location: Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employees were exposed to electrical hazards when utilizing electric powered hand tools that were energized by an extension cord without a ground fault circuit interrupter, as well as not providing the employees with an assured equipment grounding conductor program; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $3326.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(1)(iii): Flexible cords shall be used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a)  Employees used power tools, such as, but not limited to; DeWalt circular saw; that were energized by an electrical extension cord that was spliced; on or about 1/19/12.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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:  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of up to 8 feet to the floor below as there was no guardrail system at an unprotected edge on the 1rst floor's stair-case landing.  Workers walked and/or worked near the unprotected edge at the gut/rehab construction project; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of up to 8 feet to the floor below as there was no guardrail system at an unprotected edge on the 1rst floor's stair-case landing.  Workers walked and/or worked near the unprotected edge at the gut/rehab construction project.  The employees, by means of actions; showed deficiency in fall hazard recognition.  Fall hazard recognition training is required; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): One stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge. Note: When the top edge of a stairrail system also serves as a handrail, paragraph (c)(7) of this section applies.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employer did not provide a stairrail system at the site's staircase along the unprotected edge.  Employees were exposed to a potential fall hazard of up to 8 ft in height; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  a) Employees utilized a folded A frame ladder to access the upper level of the job site thereby annulling the designed purpose; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not have a proper ladder angle since the base distance of the ladder was not 1/4 of the working ladder's length.  The site layout and/or physical conditions where the extension ladder was erected (i.e., the mid landing to second floor) did not permit the proper angle thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 12 to 15 ft. to the floor below; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave., Jersey City, NJ.  Employees showed, by means of actions; lack of ladder safety hazard recognition when:  a) Employees utilized a folded A frame ladder to access the upper level of the job site thereby annulling the designed purpose.  b)The employer did not have a proper ladder angle since the base distance of the ladder was not 1/4 of the working ladder's length.  The site layout and/or physical conditions where the extension ladder was erected (i.e., the mid landing to second floor) did not permit the proper angle thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 12 to 15 ft. to the floor below.  Hazard observed on or about 4/6/18

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $1663.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:   Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not develop and implement a written respirator program for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 8210 N95 filtering face piece respirators.  The respirators are worn during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 8210 N95 filtering face piece respirators.  The respirators are worn during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator face piece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter:   Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not provide a fit test for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 8210 N95  filtering face piece respirators. The respirators are worn during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not provide effective training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) - (vii):  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did provide training for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 8210 N95  filtering face piece respirators.  The respirators are worn during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $1663.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.59: The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ  a) The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous materials such as, but not limited to, silica generated during brick and/or concrete grinding operations using a wire brush angle grinder; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use.  Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not provide effective information and training for employees exposed to hazardous materials such as, but not limited to, silica generated during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders.  The employer did not have the safety data sheet for silica; on or about 4/6/18.

Issued

2018-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.59: Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:   Location: 119 Sherman Ave, Jersey City, NJ.  a) The employer did not provide effective information and training for employees exposed to hazardous materials such as, but not limited to, silica generated during building grinding operations using wire brush angle grinders; on or about 4/6/18.