OSHA Inspection: CAZA CONSTRUCTORS

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $1250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) West side of building, south end, ground area, on or about 3-14-19:  One employee was working below four employees working overhead, without wearing head protection.

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3126.00 · Current $1563.00 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) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Four employees were accessing and exiting a scaffold platform while climbing over the ladder jack brackets, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches.     b) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Four employees were accessing the roof surface from a scaffold platform and exiting the roof surface onto the scaffold platform, with a change in elevation that was greater than 24 inches, exposing employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3126.00 · Current $1563.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(16): Scaffold platforms or planks deflected more than 1/60 of their span when loaded:    a) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Three employees were simultaneously working on a single pick scaffold platform where the platform deflected more than 1/60 of the span, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches.

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3126.00 · Current $1563.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:  a) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Four employees were working on a scaffold platform without fall protection, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3126.00 · Current $1563.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support:    a) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Three employees were working on scaffold platforms supported by portable aluminum extension ladders that were at an angle less than one quarter (4:1 ratio) of the working length of the ladder, or the distance between the foot and the ladder support, exposing the employee to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches to the ground below.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM

Issued

2019-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6252.00 · Current $3126.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    a) West side of building, south end, on or about 3-14-19:  Four employees were working on a sloped roof, 6:12 pitch, and were not protected from falls, exposing the employees to a fall hazard of 14 feet 4 inches.   CAZA CONSTRUCTORS WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, 1926.501(b)(13), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 1160667, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001, ISSUED ON 7-28-16, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 5047 TAFT ROAD, LIVERPOOL, NY, 13088.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM