NEW YORK, NY —
OSHA Inspection: ZAIN CONTRACTING INC.
Federal Agency inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency safety inspection of ZAIN CONTRACTING INC. in 880 ST. NICHOLAS AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10032 (NAICS 238990). OSHA activity number 344108071.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ZAIN CONTRACTING INC.
- Site address
- 880 ST. NICHOLAS AVE
- City
- NEW YORK
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10032
- Mailing
- 102-21 ASTORIA BLVD., EAST ELMHURST, NY 11369
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238990
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,978 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s). Location: 880 St. Nicholas Ave., New York, NY 10032 On or about: June 22, 2019 (a) The employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment were performed by a competent person capable of identifying existing and predicable hazards. Employees were exposed to hazards such as but not limited to scaffolds not being fully planked, inadequate safe means of access, and lack of fall protection.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $2000
- — C (S) $3978
- — Z (S) $3978
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,978 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Location: 880 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032 On or about: June 22, 2019 (a) The employer did not ensure that each employee performing work while on a 9-tier tubular welded frame scaffold was trained to recognize the hazards specific to scaffolds.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $2000
- — C (S) $3978
- — Z (S) $3978
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $26,520 · Current $12,000 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: 880 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032 On or about: June 22, 2019 (a) Employees worked from the 2nd and 3rd tiers of a 9-tier high tubular welded frame scaffold and the working platform were not fully planked.
Recent events (3)
- — F (W) $12000
- — C (W) $26520
- — Z (W) $26520
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $26,520 · Current $12,000 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: 880 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032 On or about: June 22, 2019 (a) Employees worked from a 9 tier high tubular welded frame scaffold which had no safe means of access. The employees climbed scaffold frames and cross braces to access their working levels.
Recent events (3)
- — F (W) $12000
- — C (W) $26520
- — Z (W) $26520
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $26,520 · Current $12,000 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: 880 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032 On or about: June 22, 2019 (a) Employees working from the 2nd and 3rd tiers of a 9-tier tubular welded frame scaffold were exposed to a fall of approximately 18 feet. The scaffold was not equipped with guardrails and the employees were not utilizing any personal fall arrest systems.
Recent events (3)
- — F (W) $12000
- — C (W) $26520
- — Z (W) $26520
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344108071.
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