OSHA Inspection: ALIMI BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Jan 28, 2020

Abate by

Feb 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

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) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ  The employer did not provide abatement certification for Inspection number 1320949, Citation 1 Items 1a-d, 2a-d, 5a, 6, 7a-b and 8 which was issued on 09/26/2018.  The citations was received by the employer on 10/01/2018 and became a final order on 04/15/2019.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

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:     a) Worksite such as, but not limited to, 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not have a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear filtering face piece respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 8210 while mixing mortar and cutting concrete block.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:     a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M8210 filtering face piece respirators.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

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 facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter:     a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not provide fit tests for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M8210 filtering facepiece respirators while cutting concrete block and mixing mortar and grout.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

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):    a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ        The employer did not provide training for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M8210 filtering face piece respirators while cutting concrete block and mixing mortar and grout.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $500 Reduced

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:     a) Company office at 637 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff and worksite at 705 28th St, Union City    The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees who cut concrete block and mix mortar and grout exposing employees to silica.    Violation occurred on or about 06/20/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.59: Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:    a) Company office at 637 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff, NJ and worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not have safety data sheets for each hazardous material such as, but not limited to, silica which is found in concrete block, Spec Mix Grout and Quickrete Mason Mix Type S Mortar.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:     a) Company office at 637 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff and worksite at 705 28th St, Union City    The employer did not provide information and training for employees who cut concrete block and mix mortar and grout exposing employees to silica.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1): The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200):      a) Company office at 637 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff and worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not include information on respirable crystalline silica in a hazard communication program for employees who cut concrete blocks and mix mortar and grout.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,268 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm):    a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The scaffold used during block laying was not fully planked exposing an employee to a fall of 8.1 feet to the ground below.     Violation observed on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,658 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The legs of the supported scaffold were not provided with base plates and mud sills exposing an employee to fall hazards of 4.4' to the ground below.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ  A scaffold was supported using broken pieces of concrete block resulting in an unstable scaffold and exposing workers to fall hazards of 4.4' to the ground below.  Violation observed on or about 06/06/18.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a) Worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The scaffolds with bent poles and missing cross braces and baseplates was not inspected by a competent person before employees used them exposing workers to fall hazards of up to 8.1' to the ground below.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Part(s) of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired:  a) Worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ  A scaffold that had damaged poles was used and not immediately placed out of service or repaired exposing workers to fall hazards of 4.4' to the ground below.  Violation observed on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Oct 17, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(2): Crossbracing shall be installed between the inner and outer sets of poles on double pole scaffolds.    a) Worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    Crossbracing was not installed as required on the inside of a double pole scaffold exposing workers to fall hazards of up to 8.1' to the ground below.    Violation observed on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,049 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:    a) Worksite located at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not assess worker's exposure to crystalline silica while operating a Stihl cutoff saw to cut concrete block.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) Worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ  The employer did not assess the exposure to respirable crystalline silica while using a Stihl saw to cut concrete block.  Violation occurred on or about 06/06/2018.

Issued

Sep 26, 2018

Abate by

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,049 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:    a) Company office at 637 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff and worksite at 705 28th St, Union City, NJ    The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan for employees who cut concrete blocks and who mix mortar and grout containing 40-70% silica.    Violation occurred on or about 06/06/18.