OSHA Inspection: CLASSIC STUCCO AND STONE, LLC

Issued

Jan 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,829 · Current $1,500 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)  91-93 Horse Hill Road, Cedar Knolls, NJ.    The pump jack scaffolding systems was not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift as demonstrated by much of the scaffolding fall protection netting being secured by single strand wire and the use of an extension ladder as the work bench and securing point for fall protection netting.                                                                   Violation observed on or about 07/21/2018.

Issued

Jan 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,049 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(ix):     Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, soild panels, and equivalent structural members of a guardrail system were not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force to applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along the midrail or other member of at least 75 pounds for guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound toprail capacity, and at least 150 pounds for guardrail systems with a minimum 200 pound toprail capacity:    a)  91-93 Horse Hill Road, Cedar Knolls, NJ.    Employees were exposed to falls of up to 15 feet to the ground below as much of the pump jack scaffolding's guardrail netting was secured using only single strand wire and to an extension ladder used as a work bench which is a system not designed to prevent falls given the forces generated when one may fall into the netting.                                    Violation observed on or about 07/21/2018.

Issued

Jan 18, 2019

Abate by

Feb 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,829 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not 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.      a)  91-93 Horse Hill Road, Cedar Knolls, NJ and at the Corporate Offices at 244 Montclair Avenue, Newark, NJ.      The employees working on the Alumapole Scaffolding System had not received instruction on recognizing and eliminating pump jack scaffolding hazards, including but not limited to fall hazards, exposing them to injuries.                                                                 Violation observed on or about 07/21/2018.

Issued

Jan 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $8,536 · Current $2,622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    a)  91-93 Horse Hill Road, Cedar Knolls, NJ.    Employee was exposed to falls of approximately  18 1/2 feet to the ground below as the worker was standing on the work bench above the scaffold platform without using any fall protection and employees on the work platform of the scaffold were exposed to 15 foot falls as the pump jack scaffolding's work platform was missing end rails.                                    Violation observed on or about 07/21/2018.    Classic Stucco and Stone, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1161441, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on 09/21/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 25 Mclean Blvd, Paterson, NJ.