OSHA Inspection: ROSE RESTORATION CORP

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $987 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Portland cement and a sealant to conduct pointing work. The employer does not have a written hazard communication program.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Portland cement and a sealant to conduct pointing work. The employer did not maintain any safety data sheets at the jobsite.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Portland cement and a sealant to conduct pointing work.  The employer did not provide  hazard communication training.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $987 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees were using hazardous chemicals (Portland cement and MasterSeal NP1) without an adequate eyewash station.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,645 Reduced

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: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was working on a supported scaffold that was missing planks and was not decked properly, located on a balcony approximately 25 ft from the ground, thus exposing the employee to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,645 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(5)(ii): Suspension scaffold support devices such as cornice hooks, roof hooks, roof irons, parapet clamps, or similar devices were not supported by bearing blocks:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building  a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees were conducting pointing work on a suspended scaffold - the scaffold was not supported by bearing blocks thus exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees erected a suspended scaffold without the supervision and direction of a competent person - the scaffold had multiple defects thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.    b) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees erected a supported scaffold without the supervision and direction of a competent person - the scaffold had multiple defects thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,645 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:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was accessing a suspended scaffold approximately 6 ft below the point of access without the proper means of access.    b) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was accessing a supported scaffold approximately 6 ft below the point of access without the proper means of access.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees were going over the side of the roof to access a scaffold without fall protection - approximately 25 ft from the ground.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,645 Reduced

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:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was using a suspended scaffold, approximately 25ft to ground, to conduct pointing work on an apartment building without the proper fall protection.    b) a) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was using a supported scaffold, approximately 25ft to ground, to conduct pointing work on an apartment building without the proper fall protection.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Jun 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,645 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(p)(2): The platform was not securely fastened to hangers (stirrups) by U-bolts or by other means which satisfy the requirements of 1926.451(a):    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, an employee was working on a suspended scaffold that had the platform fastened to the hangers by a rope - approximately 25 ft from the ground thus exposing the employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,301 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    Location: Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building    a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees used a closed A-Frame ladder as access from a suspended scaffold onto the top of the building - approximately 25ft from the ground thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.    b)  On or about April 25th, 2019, employees used a closed A-Frame ladder as access from a supported scaffold onto the top of the building - approximately 25ft from the ground thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

May 31, 2019

Abate by

Aug 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    Location: 111 DeHaven Drive Yonkers NY 10701 - Backside of the building   a) On or about April 25th, 2019, employees were using an A-Frame ladder inappropriately and could not point out the visual hazards - thus exposing employees to a fall hazard.