OSHA Inspection: K&J INC.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ   Employees working underneath construction activities did not utilize hard hats to protect them against head injuries from falling objects and materials overhead, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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)   a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ    Employees performing construction activities from a supported frame scaffold that was not fully planked were exposed to fall hazard of approximately 36ft. to the ground below, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ    Employees were exposed to fall hazards approximately 36ft. to the ground below while performing construction activities from a supported frame scaffold that had missing mudsills, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ   Employees utilizing tubular welded frame scaffold that was supported by tree logs at the scaffolds base, which exposed them to fall hazards of approximately 36ft. to the ground below, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ    Employees engaged in construction activities accessed a supported frame scaffold platform by climbing the cross braces, which exposed them to fall hazards approximately 36ft. to the next lowest level, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(iv): Cross braces on tubular welded frame scaffolds were used as a means of access or egress.   a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ   Employees engaged in construction activities accessed a supported frame scaffold platform by climbing the cross braces, which exposed them to fall hazards approximately 36ft. to the ground below, on or about 10/01/2019.

Issued

Dec 10, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  a.) St. Marks Church Located at: 13 Main St., West Orange, NJ   Employees were engaged in construction activities from a supported scaffold without utilizing any means of a personal fall arrest system, exposing them to a fall hazard of approximately 36t. to the next lowest level, on or about 10/01/2019.