OSHA Inspection: PATRICK GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:    a. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey    The welded tubular frame scaffold systems were not designed by a qualified person in that the scaffold had mixed incompatible components, and was missing components to include planks and guardrails.    Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)      a. US 46 & Crane Road Mountain Lakes, NJ     Employees engaged in masonry activities on a tubular framed welded scaffold did not have the working platforms fully planked exposing the employees to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet.    Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey  Where each end of the platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches, exposing employees to fall hazards of 12-feet.  Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(10): Scaffold components manufactured by different manufacturers were intermixed such that the components fit together with force and the scaffold's structural integrity was not maintained by the user:  a. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey  The intermixing of scaffold components by different manufactures were present on the welded tubular frame scaffold without a competent person determining the scaffold was structurally sound.   Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $500.00 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. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey    Safe means of access was not provided as construction 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 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 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. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey  Employee(s) engaged in construction activities from a welded tubular frame scaffold we exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet due to the lack of scaffold guardrails or personal fall arrest    Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    a. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey    Employees engaged in masonry activities on balcony in close proximity to an unprotected edge without any means of fall protection, thereby were exposed to an approximate 10 ft fall hazard.    Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018

Issued

2019-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $0.00 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. 791 Blvd East Weehawken, New Jersey    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.    Violation occurred on or about 11/28/2018