OSHA Inspection: NYC ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICES INC.

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees exposed to fall hazard.  Location: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform that did not have a temporary three button run control that take activation of two buttons to run any direction and did not have an emergency stop switch on a stand-alone circuit. The employees were not protected from control malfunction which cause the employees exposed to fall hazard.

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees exposed to collapse.  Location: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform that was being joisted by a Harrington Electric Chain hoist which was not desgined nor allowed to be used to lift, hoist, support or transport

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.  Location: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform that had component that did not support the load on it. The employees fell approximately 87.5 feet with the running platform from seventh floor down to the elevator shaft pit.

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffold was not designed by a qualified person.  Location: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform that had component that did not support the load on it. The platform was not designed by a qualified person. The employees fell approximately 87.5 feet with the running platform from seventh floor down to the elevator shaft pit.

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $4048.00

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: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform without the use of any personal fall arrest systems or guardrail system. The employees were exposed to falling approximately 87.5 feet from the running platform on seventh floor down to the elevator shaft pit.

Issued

2020-12-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2892.00 · Current $2892.00

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: a) On the running platform in elevator shaft:  On or about June 15, 2020, employees traveled on a running platform that had component that did not support the load on it and did not have fall protection. The employees were exposed to falling approximately 87.5 feet with the running platform from seventh floor down to the elevator shaft pit and were not trained about the hazard on the platform.