OSHA Inspection: BRILLIANT BUILDING & DESIGN LLC

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not constructed in accordance with the design by a qualified person:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  The scaffolds were not constructed by a qualified person.  The scaffolds were missing cross braces and fall protection, had incomplete planking, and were erected on unstable footing exposing employees to fall hazards of approximately 14 feet.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

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) Brilliant Building & Design worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of 14 ft. to the ground below while performing framing activities on scaffolds that were not fully planked.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  The supported scaffold frames did not rest on base plates or mud sills when erected on asphalt and planting beds exposing workers to fall hazards of 14 ft. while using scaffolding during framing activities.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii) :  Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  Unstable objects such as stacks of plywood were used to support the scaffold used by workers during framing activities exposing them to fall hazards of 14 ft. to the ground below.    Violation observed on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(3):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  Employees were performing framing operations on a 2 level supported scaffold with missing cross braces exposing employees to an approximately 14 ft. fall to the asphalt below.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 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:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  An employee was exposed to fall hazards of 14 ft. to the ground below when climbing scaffold framing to access the second level work platform.    Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

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)Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  An employee performing framing activities on an unguarded work platform was not protected from falling from the second level of the scaffold, approximately 14 ft.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b):  The employer did not have each employee who was 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:  a) Brilliant Building and Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  Each employee involved in erecting the scaffolds was not trained by a competent person.  Workers were exposed to fall hazards of 14 ft. to the ground below while using scaffolding without fall protection.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6)(i):  Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of 14 ft. to the ground below while applying his snaphook directly to webbing as a means of fall protection while working from the second level of the scaffold.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(6)(ii): Snaphooks not designed to be connected to one another were engaged to each other:  a) Brilliant Building & Design worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  An employee was exposed to fall hazards in excess of 14 ft. to the ground below while connecting  snaphooks together as a means of fall protection.    Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(21):   Personal fall arrest systems were not inspected prior to each use for wear, damage, and other deterioration, and/or defective components were not removed from service:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  An employee performing framing activities from the roof was exposed to fall hazards in excess of 14 ft. to the ground below while using a personal fall arrest system that was not inspected for damage and removed from service.  The webbing was cut and the snaphook did not fully close.  Violation observed on or about 07/15/2021.

Issued

2021-08-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4505.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1):  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Brilliant Building & Design LLC worksite located at 98 US Highway 46, Budd Lake, NJ  The employer did not provide a training program for employees exposed to fall hazards while performing framing activities at heights of 14 feet and greater.  Violation occurred on or about 07/15/2021.