OSHA Inspection: CEDAR DESIGN, INC.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $4,049 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    1) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - Employees were engaged in roofing work from the platform of the ladder jack scaffold approximately 14ft. above the ground. The employees did not have access to the platform; on or about 01/31/2020.     Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Abate by

Mar 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $4,049 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - Employees were engaged in roofing work from a ladder jack scaffold approximately 14ft. above the ground below without fall protection, on or about 01/31/2020.     Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

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) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - Employees were engaged in roofing work from a ladder jack scaffold and a job made scaffold approximately 14ft. above the ground. The employees were not provided with scaffold training; on or about 01/31/2020.  Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $4,049 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.    a) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - An employee was engaged in roofing work from a job-made scaffold where the plank was set up between the rungs of a self supporting ladder and bridged on the end of the plank of a ladder jack scaffold system; on or about 01/31/2020.    Note: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the case file, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Abate by

Mar 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $4,049 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     a) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, New York - Employees were engaged in roofing work on a residential building approximately 20ft. above the ground below with no fall protection; on or about 01/31/2020.      Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - Employees were engaged in roofing work from the roof of a residential building approximately 20ft. above the ground. The employees were not provided with fall protection training; on or about 01/31/2020.  Note: The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 25, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $4,049 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a) Worksite, 21 Euclid Ave, Montauk New York - Employees were using a 18ft. aluminum extension ladder to access the roof of the residential building approximately 9ft. above the deck. The side rails of the ladder was approximately 6in. below the landing zone; on or about 01/31/2020.    Note: Because abatement of this violation is already documented in the case file, the employer need not submit certification or documentation of abatement for this violation as normally required by CFR 1903.19.