OSHA Inspection: THUNDER CONTRACTING LLC

Issued

2021-03-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-04-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $3686.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a. 116 Lehigh Drive Fairfield, NJ, 07004  On or about 9/10/2020, employees engaged in demolition activities, to include torch cutting and debris removal, while removing concrete wall panels and other interior structures.  The employer did not ensure that all employees received training to recognize and prevent hazards associated with performing demolition work.

Issued

2021-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $3686.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations.  a. 116 Lehigh Drive Fairfield, NJ, 07004  On or about 9/10/2020, employees engaged in demolition operations to remove 1500 lb. concrete wall panels were exposed to struck-by and crushing hazards when one panel fell in the opposite direction as expected. Neither the engineering survey nor the demolition plan accounted for the direction the structure(s) would be falling towards, which resulted in an uncontrolled collapse of an unsupported concrete wall panel. The wall panel fell in the opposite direction as planned and struck the scissor lift, causing it to topple with an employee in the basket.