POUGHKEEPSIE, NY —
OSHA Inspection: HUDSON VALLEY CHIMNEY SERVICES, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of HUDSON VALLEY CHIMNEY SERVICES, INC. in 404 OLD POST ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 (NAICS 561790). OSHA activity number 343404703.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- HUDSON VALLEY CHIMNEY SERVICES, INC.
- Site address
- 404 OLD POST ROAD
- City
- POUGHKEEPSIE
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12601
- Mailing
- 524 CREEK ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561790
- Employees
- 10
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 C01
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,772 · Current $3,800
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph. a) At a home residence located at 404 Old Post Road in Marlboro, NY, on or about August 15, 2018, the employer did not restrain the fabricated frame scaffolding from tipping by guying, tying, bracing or equivalent means. An employee was performing the removal of a large piece of concrete from the top of a chimney and the scaffold was not restrained from tipping by installing guys, ties, and braces. The fabricated frame scaffold was five (5) feet in width so the height to base ratio was greater than 6:1 approximately thirty (30) feet in height and fell over when the employee tried to hoist down a large piece of concrete that was covering the top of the chimney.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3800
- — Z (S) $2772
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2018
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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) At a home residence located at 404 Old Post Road in Marlboro, NY, on or about August 15, 2018, the employer did not require employee to use fall protection by means of a handrail and midtrial or use of a fully body harness in conjunction with a fall restraint system.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2018
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,772 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye. a) At 404 Old Post Road, Poughkeepsie NY, on or about August 15, 2018, an employee received a broken wrist, broken ribs, and a punched lung after falling 40' from the top of a scaffolding. The employer did not report the hospitalization to OSHA within the 24 hour reporting period.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $2772
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 343404703.
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