OSHA Inspection: RLG KINGSLAND SERVICES INC

Issued

Dec 16, 2022

Abate by

Dec 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $814 · Current $814

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 15, 2022, the employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violations have been abated. Original citations issued June 19, 2020 and delivered via USPS certified mail June 24, 2020.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $4,048

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, employees were cutting concrete without using an integrated water delivery system exposing employees to silica containing dusts. The employer does not have a written hazard communication program.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454   a) On or about December 20, 2019, employees were cutting concrete without using an integrated water delivery system exposing employees to silica containing dusts and the employer did not maintain any safety data sheets at the job site.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jun 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, employees were cutting concrete indoors without using an integrated water delivery system the employees were exposed to crystalline silica. The employer did not provide hazard communication training to the employees.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(iii): The employer did not assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person in the use and operation of guardrail systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a)  On or about December 20, 2019, employees were exposed to fall hazards from inconsistently labeled controlled access zones (CAZ). The employer did not assure that each employee has been trained, as necessary, by a competent person in the use and operation CAZ.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $6,747

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1):  Specified exposure control methods. For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, two employees were exposed to Crystalline Silica due to cutting concrete indoors with a 36'' walk behind saw or a handheld saw without an integrated water delivery system.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $6,747

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, two employees were exposed to Crystalline Silica due to cutting concrete indoors with a 36'' walk behind saw or a handheld saw without an integrated water delivery system.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(1): Where respiratory protection was required by this section, the employer did not provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complied with the requirements of this paragraph and 29 CFR 1910.134:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, two employees were exposed to Crystalline Silica due to cutting concrete indoors with a 36'' walk behind saw or a handheld saw without an integrated water delivery system, which requires respiratory protection.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(2): Where respirator use is required by this section, the employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, two employees were exposed to Crystalline Silica due to cutting concrete indoors with a 36'' walk behind saw or a handheld saw without an integrated water delivery system, which requires a respiratory protection program.  Note: Institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 16, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $9,446

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a) On or about December 20, 2019, the employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan: employees were exposed to Crystalline Silica due to cutting concrete indoors with a 36'' walk behind saw  or a handheld saw without an integrated water delivery system.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $1,350

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that met the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a)  RLG KINGSLAND SERVICES INC - On or about December 20, 2019, the employer did not record on the OSHA 300 Log or similar a work-related employee injury that resulted in in-patient hospitalization and subsequent death of that employee.

Issued

Jun 19, 2020

Abate by

Jul 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye:  Location: 20 Bruckner Blvd Bronx NY 10454  a)  RLG KINGSLAND LLC - On or about December 20, 2019, the employer did not report to OSHA within 24 hours a work-related incident that resulted in in-patient hospitalization of an employee.