OSHA Inspection: RMAC CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,400 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: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employee performing façade work on a store front while on the fourth and third tier of a welded frame scaffold which was not fully planked

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1): Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) were not restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as set forth in subparagraphs (i) - (iii) of this paragraph.    Location: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employees were working on a tubular welded frame  scaffold that was approximately 24 ft. in height and was not restrained from tipping.

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,400 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.     Location: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employees utilized the cross braces of a tubular welded frame scaffold as means of access.

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.    Location: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employees working on the 3rd and 4th tiers of a tubular welded frame scaffold without being provided any fall protection.

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

May 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $2,400 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: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employee was not trained to recognize hazards associated with scaffolds.

Issued

Apr 24, 2020

Abate by

Apr 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.    Location: 4715 New Utrecht Ave. Brooklyn NY  On or about: December 05, 2019    a) Employees working on a tubular welded frame baler scaffold that was erected within 3 feet of an electrical service drop.