OSHA Inspection: TIGER CONTRACTOR & SON, INC.

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap.    Location: 7502 15th Ave. Brooklyn, NY.    On or about 7/27/2018,    a) The flexible cord of the temporary lighting system had a splice along its entire length.

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    Location: 7502 15th Ave. Brooklyn, NY.    On or about 7/27/2018,    a) A platform assembled on the 2nd tier of a supported scaffold was not fully planked.  The space between the platform and the upright was approximately 10 inches.

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.    Location: 7502 15th Ave. Brooklyn, NY.    On or about 7/27/2018,    a)  The employees did not have a safe means of access to the scaffold when the used the platform assembled on the 2nd tier of the support scaffold to conduct work.  They climbed the frames and cross braces in lieu of using a ladder for access.

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:    Location: 7502 15th Ave. Brooklyn, NY.    On or about 7/27/2018,    a) Employee working on the platform of a supported scaffold was not protected from fall.  There were no guardrails at the open ends and no midrails at the back side.

Issued

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2492.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems.    Location: 7502 15th Ave. Brooklyn, NY.    On or about 7/27/2018,    a) An employee hoisting stacks of masonry bricks from the ground floor to the platform on the 2nd tier of the scaffold was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet.  The employee was not provided with fall protection.