OSHA Inspection: JORGE PEREIRA CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Abate by

May 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  Location: 12 Butler Rd Scarsdale NY 10583  a) On or about April 26, 2021, employees were using hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to ConnCem Portland Cement Type II to conduct brickwork. The employer did have a written hazard communication program but it was not implemented or maintained at the workplace.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Abate by

May 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to the employees in their work area during each work shift: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  Location: 12 Butler Rd Scarsdale NY 10583  a) On or about April 26, 2021, employees work with hazardous chemicals such as ConnCem Portland Cement Type II and the employer did not maintain any, safety data sheets at the job site.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Abate by

May 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  Location: 12 Butler Rd Scarsdale NY 10583  a) On or about April 26, 2021, employees use hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to ConnCem Portland Cement Type II to conduct brick work. The employer did not provide hazard communication training to the employees.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Abate by

May 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  Location: 12 Butler Rd Scarsdale NY 10583  a) On or about April 26, 2021, employees were using ConnCem Portland Cement Type II to conduct brick work with no suitable facility for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,304 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:   Location: 12 BUTLER RD SCARSDALE NY 10583: Left side of the house  a) On or about April 26, 2021, an employee was exposed to an approximate 25ft fall hazard while using the crossbrace of the scaffold as access.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Abate by

May 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,304 Reduced

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: 12 BUTLER RD SCARSDALE NY 10583: Left side of the house  a) On or about April 26, 2021, an employee was exposed to an approximate 25ft fall hazard while working on a 5 level scaffold that was not erected or altered by a trained and experienced employee under the supervision of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 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: 12 BUTLER RD SCARSDALE NY 10583: Left side of the house  a) On or about April 26, 2021, an employee was exposed to an approximate 25ft fall hazard while working on a 5 level scaffold that had not been inspected by a competent person before each work shift.

Issued

May 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $1,828 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(iv): Midrails were not installed at a height approximately midway between the top edge of the guardrail system and the platform surface:   Location: 12 BUTLER RD SCARSDALE NY 10583: Left side of the house  a) On or about April 26, 2021, an employee was exposed to an approximate 25ft fall hazard while working on a 5 level scaffold that had missing midrails.