OSHA Inspection: HARDSTONE CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked:  A) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  The employer did not have the working levels of the scaffold, where employees were working fully planked.  Occurred on or about 08/19/19

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.  A) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  At the time of the inspection the tubular welded scaffold that was erected to perform stone work on the upper section of a residential home was not erected using base plates.  Hazard observed on 08/19/19

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Portable ladder, hook-on ladder, attachable ladder, stair tower, stairway-type ladder, ramp, runway, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used to access scaffold platform more than 2 feet above or below a point of access:  A) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  Employees did not have access to reach the upper levels of the tubular welded scaffold. Employees would have to climb the scaffold frames to access the upper levels.  Hazard observed on or about 08/19/19

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  A) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  Employees working from tubular welded scaffold approximately 18ft high were not trained to recognize hazards associated with tubular welded scaffolds.  Condition noted on 08/19/19

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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.  A) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  Employee working from the third level of the tubular welded scaffold did not have any fall protection systems in place.  Hazard observed on or about 08/19/19

Issued

Oct 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not train each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards to enable them to recognize fall hazards and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) 1234 Cedar Ave Mountainside, NJ 07092  Employees who were exposed to fall hazards were not trained to recognize and minimize fall hazards.  Condition noted on or about 08/19/19