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OSHA Inspection: KEMSCO CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT CO. INC.

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of KEMSCO CONSTRUCTION & EQUIPMENT CO. INC. in FISH HOUSE ROAD HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE WITTPENN BRIDGE, KEARNY, NJ 07032 (NAICS 237130). OSHA activity number 344126289.

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Site address
FISH HOUSE ROAD HALF MILE SOUTH OF THE WITTPENN BRIDGE
City
KEARNY
State
NJ
ZIP
07032
Mailing
139 HARPER STREET, NEWARK, NJ 07114
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
A
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237130
Employees
7
Ownership type
A

2 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.652 C02 I

Other-than-serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Nov 1, 2019
Penalty
Initial $6,630 · Current $4,641 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(i):     Design of support systems, shield systems, or other protective systems that are drawn from manufacturer's tabulated data were not in accordance with all specifications, recommendations, and limitations issued or made by the manufacturer:    a)  Fish House Road, Half Mile Sough of the Wittpenn Bridge, Kearny, NJ.    Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from the steel plates in the up to 7'2" deep excavation as according to manufacturer's tabulated data, a minimum of 2 hydraulic cylinders should be in each vertical plane at such a depth whereas the employer only provided for 1 hydraulic cylinder between the plates.                                                Violation observed on or about 06/28/2019.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $4641
  • — Z (S) $6630

1926.652 C02 III

Other-than-serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Nov 1, 2019
Penalty
Initial $3,978 · Current $2,784 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(iii):     Manufacturer's specifications, recommendations, and limitations, and manufacturer's approval to deviate from the specifications, recommendations, and limitations were not in written form at the jobsite during construction of the protective system:    a)  Fish House Road, Half Mile Sough of the Wittpenn Bridge, Kearny, NJ.    Neither the competent person nor the employer could provide to the OSHA investigator the numerous manufacturers' tabulated data for the vertical hydraulic shores or the trench shields in written form kept at the jobsite.                                                Violation observed on or about 06/28/2019.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $2784
  • — Z (S) $3978

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