OSHA Inspection: FIROZA CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) An employee used a Bosch hand-held electric grinder that was not equipped with a blade guard; the grinder was used to cut bricks.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) An employee worked from a 1-tier supported frame scaffold that was not fully planked or decked; the employee was performing brickwork and expanding an existing window.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) An employee worked from a 1-tier supported frame scaffold that was supported by a concrete masonry unit on top of an unsecured wooden plank; the employee was performing brickwork and expanding an existing window.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) The 1-tier supported frame scaffold was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards. The scaffold was used by an employee performing brickwork and expanding an existing window.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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.  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) An employee working on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling; the employee was performing brickwork and expanding an existing window.

Issued

Sep 20, 2019

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): All brace connections were not secured:  Location: 1133 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: April 2, 2019  (a) An employee worked from a 1-tier supported frame scaffold that was not fully braced by cross braces; the employee was performing brickwork and expanding an existing window.