OSHA Inspection: YELLOW HAT CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2019-07-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosure:    a) Employees were exposed to 110 volt electric shock hazard during construction activities due to (2) live wires sticking out of the sheetrock walls (wire tips without tape or wire caps). Located in a hallway and in a room.     b) The circuit breaker panel (ground floor) had openings where  breaker switches were missing; blanks were not provided to cover the openings. Employees were exposed to electric shock hazard.    Location: 83 Eagle Street, Brooklyn NY    On or about 1/23/2019    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

2019-07-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/ working surface was not protected from tripping or stepping into or through holes by covers:    a) There was an uncovered 9 inch wide floor hole in the construction site stairway; employees can step in the hole when using the stairway.     Location: 83 Eagle Street, Brooklyn NY    On or about 1/23/2019    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

2019-07-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1705.00

General-duty citation text

CFR 1926.502(b)(6):  Guardrail systems were not so surfaced as to prevent injury to an employee from punctures or lacerations and to prevent snagging of clothing:    a)  There were (3) sharp nails sticking out of the construction site guardrails in the stairway; employees were exposed to laceration hazard.     Location: 83 Eagle Street, Brooklyn NY    On or about 1/23/2019    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.