OSHA Inspection: ROCK GROUP NY CORP

Issued

2019-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): The employer did not ensure that scaffolds were erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent and qualified  person:    a) The employer did not ensure the removal of the scaffold was not done under the supervision of a competent person.  Employer did not use any form of a hoist to remove the scaffold components, the employees were scaffold components such as but not limited to outrigger (aka bycicle) frames to each other to catch; an employee was hit on the back by a frame.     Location: 211 McGuinness Blvd, Brooklyn NY    On or about 8/9/2018    NOTE: BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2019-02-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.    a) When dismantling the 50 ft tall scaffold the employees worked directly below each other when scaffold components were  dropped; an employee was hit on the back.     Location: 211 McGuinness Blvd, Brooklyn NY    On or about 8/9/2018    NOTE:  BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY 29 CFR 1903.19.