OSHA Inspection: DIMARCO CONSTRUCTORS

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:   a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  Workers constructed second floor balconies from scaffold surfaces that were unsafely supported and had limited surface areas to stand.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $5,076 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(2): Employees working at the leading edge without fall protection.  a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  Workers installed decking onto the third floor without any fall protection and without a fall protection plan to address leading edge work.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,252 · Current $3,626 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around holes.  a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  Workers on the second floor regularly stepped over an access hole that ran across the entire hallway.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Abate by

Jan 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $8,702 · Current $4,351 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)(ii): Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment was not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached, and not installed under the supervision of a qualified person.  a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  Workers used anchorages that were not according to the design of the equipment, lifelines passed over a truss and connected back onto itself, and systems that would ensure contact with the lower level if a fall occurred.  No observed system was adequate, and all were utilized under the oversight of the superintendent.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(5): Snaphooks were not designed and used to prevent disengagement of the snaphook by the contact of the snaphook keeper by the connected member:  a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  A worker used anchorages that was outside the design equipment and did not prevent disengagement of the snaphooks when a lifeline was passed over and around a truss and connected to the retractable lanyard.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): A snaphook was engaged directly to, rope, such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to sideload the snaphook gate and release itself.   a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  A worker used anchorages that was outside the design equipment and did not prevent disengagement of the snaphook when a lifeline was passed over and around a truss and connected to its own line.

Issued

Dec 1, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:    a:  Market View Apartments, Carpenters Circle, Ithaca NY, 14850, on or about 6/3/22:  Two workers used personal fall arrest equipment in a way that would have ensured striking the lower level in the event of a fall.