OSHA Inspection: P B CONSTRUCTION OF NY, INC.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2528.00 Reduced

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: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901  a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that was not designed by a qualified person.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that was not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2528.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that was not level sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2528.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(i): The employer did not provide safe means of access for each employee erecting or dismantling a scaffold:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that did not have a safe means of access erecting or dismantling.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2528.00 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: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employer had employees working on a scaffold without training from a person who is 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.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:  Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901  a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, employees were working on a scaffold that was not erected by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1444.00 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:     Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employees were using an 10ft A-Frame ladder that did not extend 3 feet above the upper surface for access to the scaffold.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employees were using a 10ft A-frame ladder closed and leaned against the wall.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1444.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employees were using an unsecured 10ft a-frame ladder on a surface that not stable and level.    b) On or about August 11, 2020,  the employees were using an unsecured 24ft extension ladder on a surface that not stable and level.

Issued

2020-08-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:    Location: 20 Quince Lane Suffern NY 10901    a) On or about August 11, 2020, the employer did not provide a training program for each employee using a ladder.