OSHA Inspection: ALLEGRO HOMES, LLC

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,681 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  a. 1650-1660 US 22 East and Vauxhall Road, Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage  The employer did not ensure that employees used eye and face protection.  Employees engaged in masonry activities used a Husqvarna K770 14 in. Cut-Off Saw to dry cut block without any means of facial or eye protection.  Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,681 · Current $2,500 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.  Cross braces were used as a means of access:    a. 1650-1660 US 22 East & Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage - Union  The employer did not ensure safe access to scaffold platforms when the platform was greater than two feet above the point of access.  Employees engaged in masonry activities working from a two tier, welded tubular frame scaffold used the cross braces and frames to access the scaffold platform.  Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,000 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:   a. 1650-1660 US 22 East & Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage - Union  The employer did not ensure the scaffold was inspected prior to use. Employees engaged in masonry activities worked from a two tier, welded tubular frame scaffold, with visible defects that included, but were not limited to, unstable footings, missing guard rails when required, and a safe means of access, that affected the structural integrity of the scaffold, which had not been inspected by the competent person prior to use by the employees.   Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): Specified exposure control methods. For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:   a. 1650-1660 US 22 East & Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage - Union  The employer failed to fully and properly implement engineering controls, work practices, and/or respiratory protection for employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica. Employees engaged in masonry activities used a Husqvarna K770 handheld cutoff saw to dry cut concrete block. The exposure control methods implemented by employer were not effective as no wetting was used during cutting operations which created clouds of silica dust. The integrated water delivery system for the handheld saw was not being utilized.  Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:   a. 1650-1660 US 22 East & Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage - Union  The employer failed to fully and properly assess engineering controls, work practices, and/or respiratory protection for employees were reasonable expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica. Employees engaged in masonry activities used a Husqvarna K770 handheld cutoff saw to dry cut concrete block, where exposure control methods implemented by employer were not effective as no wetting was used during cutting operations which created clouds of silica dust.  Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $54,613 · Current $33,500 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:  a. 1650-1660 US 22 East & Vauxhall Rd., Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage - Union  The employer did not ensure that welded tubular frame scaffold was erected in a manner to support the loaded scaffold.  Employees engaged in masonry activities worked from a scaffold where the footings were placed on planks supported on blocks that were not capable of supporting the scaffold without settling or displacement.  Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021

Issued

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $54,613 · Current $33,500 Reduced

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.  a. 1650-1660 US 22 East and Vauxhall Road, Union, NJ - Treasure Island Storage  The  employer did not ensure that any means of fall protection was provided on sides and open ends of the scaffold.  Employees engaged in masonry activities worked from a welded tubular frame scaffold, where the working platform was greater than 10 feet, and the working platform was not protected by a guardrail system that included end rails to the materials platform or the working side bracket platform.   Violation observed on or about May 6, 2021