OSHA Inspection: A & D CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $2,000 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    a) 349 Forest Street, Kearny, NJ    Employees conducting masonry work from a supported scaffold access the working level by climbing on the scaffold frame and the adjacent wall.     Violation observed on or about 07/29/2019

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,000 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.    a) 349 Forest Street, Kearny, NJ    Employees climbed on a wall approximately 7ft in height in order to access a working level of a scaffold. While on the wall, employees were not provided with any means of fall protection and were thereby exposed to fall hazards.     Violation observed on or about 07/29/2019

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).    a) 349 Forest Street, Kearny, NJ    Employees working inside an excavation over 7ft in depth which did not contain any type of protective system. Thereby, exposing employees to cave-in hazards.     Violation observed on or about 07/29/2019

Issued

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) 349 Forest Street, Kearny, NJ    Employees working in an area next to reinforcing steel which was not capped, thereby exposing employees to impalement hazards.     Violation observed on or about 07/29/2019