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OSHA Inspection: HUDSON VALLEY CHIMNEY SERVICES, INC.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

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.

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Site address
404 OLD POST ROAD
City
POUGHKEEPSIE
State
NY
ZIP
12601
Mailing
524 CREEK ROAD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
561790
Employees
10
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.451 C01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2018
Penalty
Initial $2,772 · Current $3,800
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

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2018
Abate by
Sep 27, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
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

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Sep 21, 2018
Abate by
Sep 27, 2018
Penalty
Initial $2,772 · Current $0 Reduced
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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