OSHA Inspection: GA1 CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Location: c/o Route 21 and Clay St., Newark, NJ.  a) Employer failed to ensure that the tubular welded scaffold used by employees had an access ladder; on or about 10/23/18.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee was not protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  Location: C/o Route 21 and Clay St., Newark, NJ.  a) Employees were engaged in staircase CMU construction operations were utilizing a tubular welded scaffold without any means of fall protection.  The scaffold did not have a guardrail system and the employees did not have a personal fall arrest system.  The employees were exposed to a potential fall hazard of up to approximately 40 ft. to the floor below; on or about 10/23/18.