OSHA Inspection: EDILBERTO AGUILARA

Issued

2018-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  a. 843 Roosevelt Ave Secaucus, NJ   Employees engaged in construction activities on the ground were not wearing a hard hat while workers worked above, thereby exposing workers to struck-by hazard from falling brick, mortar and other debris.  Violation occurred on or about 07/31/2018

Issued

2018-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 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.    a. 843 Roosevelt Ave Secaucus, NJ   Safe means of access was not provided as masonry workers gained access to the welded tubular frame scaffold by climbing the side rails, thereby exposing workers to fall hazards.  Violation observed on or about 07/31/2018

Issued

2018-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a. 843 Roosevelt Ave Secaucus, NJ   Masonry workers were observed performing masonry activities in close proximity to an unprotected edge without adequate means of fall protection, thereby was exposing workers to an approximate 18 ft fall hazard.  Violation occurred on or about 07/31/2018

Issued

2018-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  a. 843 Roosevelt Ave Secaucus, NJ   Masonry workers performed masonry activities from a supported scaffold which did not have toeboards erected along the edge of platforms to prevent ground level employees from being struck by overhead tools, materials or equipment.  Violation occurred on or about 07/31/2018

Issued

2018-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    a) a. 843 Roosevelt Ave Secaucus, NJ     Employee engaged in masonry activities utilized an A-Frame Step Ladder to gain access to the welded tubular frame scaffold there by exposing worker to fall hazards.     Violation occurred on or about 07/31/2018