OSHA Inspection: FAST FRAMING CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) Exterior, On the ground:  Employees were exposed to head injuries while working from a tubular welded pipe scaffold. The employees  were not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                             a) Exterior Tubular Welded Pipe Scaffold: An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail gun and was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 3/3/21  b)  Exterior ground level: An employee was exposed to eye/face injuries while cutting  siding with a compound miter saw, and was not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(a)(1): The employer did not develop and maintain a fire protection program to be followed throughout all phases of construction and demolition work, and/or did not provide for the firefighting equipment as specified in this subpart:  a) Fast Framing Constriction, does not ensure that employees have available firefighting equipment at the jobsite. This violation was most recently observed at 379 Knickerbocker Ave in Paterson NJ. The employer did not provide any firefighting equipment at the jobsite. Combustible products such as wood, cardboard, Gasoline fueled generators was used on site to power electric equipment such as compound miter saw, nail guns, extension cords and compressors to perform the framing activities. Extra gasoline to fuel the generators was stored in gas cans on the site, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(1)(iii)(C): Flexible cords and cables were run through doorways, windows, or similar openings:    a) Building exterior window: Employees were using an extension cord that was run through a window while tying the pipe scaffold and plug in to the wall, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  (a): Exterior left side: An employee working on the forth level of the scaffold are exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet onto the ground below below due to scaffold deck not being fully planked, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(i):The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a) Building Exterior front:  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on a platform that it was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform did not extended more than 12 inches over the  support.  The platform was not  able to support employees and/ material without tipping, or has guardrails which block employees from access the cantilevered end, on or about 3/3/21.  Employee was about 20 feet from the ground.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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:  a) Building Exterior Front. Tubular Welded Pipe Scaffold: Pipe Scaffold was erected without footing that was capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement, Pipe scaffold did not had base plates or screw jacks, on or about  3/3/21.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    a) Building Exterior front: Employees were using pipe scaffold frames and cross braces to access the scaffold, exposing employees to a fall of approximately 20 feet to the ground surface, on or about 3/3/21.  b) Building Exterior front: Employees were using an extension ladder that was about 3 feet away from the pipe scaffold to access the working platform,  exposing employee to a fall hazard, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $3,511

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:  a)  Building Exterior, Pipe Scaffold.  Employees were working on a pipe scaffold that was not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, scaffold cross braces pins were damage. Employees use plastic bending strap to secure cross braces in place on the second and fourth level , on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

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.  a)  Building Exterior:  Tubular welded Pipe scaffold was not erected by a competent person, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) Building Exterior-Back: Employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet while walking/working on the scaffold platform without the use of personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection in place, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(e)(3): Diagonal braces were not installed between squares on the rear and front sides of the scaffold, and did not extend from the bottom of each square to the top of the next square.  Building front, Pipe Scaffold:  Employees were working on a pipe scaffold that were missing diagonal braces on the inside on level three and five, on or about 3/3/21.

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:     a) Building front: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 5 feet while accessing the first floor on a  hand made wooden ladder that was not equipped at least one handrail, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Building Exterior Front 4rd level: Employees were using an extension ladder in combination with pipe scaffold and a ladder jack scaffold, on or about 3/3/21  b)  Building Exterior Front 2nd level: Employees were using an extension ladder in combination with pipe scaffold, on or about 3/3/21

Issued

Aug 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $4,096

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(22):Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause them to lose balance and fall:  a) Building Exterior: Employee using an extension ladder was exposed to a fall was carrying material and improperly working while installing siding in the front of the residential home on or about 3/3/21  See picture for reference.