OSHA Inspection: WJP BUILDERS CORP.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s).  Location: a) In the jobsite:    On or about June 14, 2022, an employee was removing an existing wooden structural beam on the first floor of the jobsite when the beam collapsed. The employee fell twelve feet onto the basement level. Employer did not have a competent person to provide frequent and regular inspection at the jobsite.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury.  Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite:    On or about June 14, 2022, an employee was removing an existing wooden structural beam on the first floor of the jobsite when the beam collapsed. The employee fell twelve feet onto the basement level. Employer did not train the employee in recognition and avoidance of the fall hazard from demolition.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

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:  Location: a) Supported scaffold on ground level of the jobsite:  On or about June 28, 2022, an employee was working on the façade of the building while standing on the first tier platform of a two-tier-high supported scaffold that did not have all the supported scaffold frame braced, and was exposed to falling up to approximately 6 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

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.  Scaffold frames were used as a means of access.  Location: a) Supported scaffold on ground level of the jobsite:  On or about June 28, 2022, an employee was working on the façade of the building while standing on the first tier platform of a two-tier-high supported scaffold. There was no safe means of access provided. The employee had to climb the scaffold frame and the crossbraces to get to the platform. The employee was exposed to falling up to approximately 6 feet to the lower level.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Location: a) Supported scaffold on ground level of the jobsite:  On or about June 28, 2022, an employee was working on the façade of the building while standing on the first tier platform of a two-tier-high supported scaffold that was not fully planked or decked between front upright and the guardrail supports, was not braced to prevent swaying or displacement. Employees did not have safe mean of access to the scaffold platform. Employee was exposed to falling up to approximately 6 feet to the lower level and was not given training to recognize fall hazards associated with the supported scaffold.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): Employees were allowed to work on surfaces which did not have the requisite strength and structural integrity.  Location: a) On the first floor of the jobsite    On or about June 14, 2022, an employee was removing an existing wooden structural beam on the first floor of the jobsite when the beam collapsed. The employee fell twelve feet onto the basement level. Employer did not ensure the working surface had requisite strength and structural integrity.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  Location: a) On the ground level of the jobsite:   On or about June 14, 2022, an employee was removing an existing wooden structural beam on the first floor of the jobsite when the beam collapsed. The employee fell twelve feet onto the basement level. Employee was not protected from falling by the use of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  Location: a) On the ground level of the jobsite: 	 On or about June 14, 2022, an employee was removing an existing wooden structural beam on the first floor of the jobsite when the beam collapsed. The employee fell twelve feet onto the basement level. The employer did not provide training program for the employees exposed.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $5,801

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations.  Location: a) In the jobsite:    On or about June 14, 2022, employer did not have a competent person performed a survey to determine the conditions of the possibility of an unplanned collapse of the structure that had been under demolition operations.

Issued

Dec 9, 2022

Abate by

Dec 21, 2022

Penalty

Initial $11,602 · Current $11,602

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)  Location: a) Supported scaffold on ground level of the jobsite:  On or about June 28, 2022, an employee was working on the façade of the building while standing on the first tier platform of a two-tier-high supported scaffold that was not fully planked or decked between front upright and the guardrail supports, and was exposed to falling up to approximately 6 feet to the lower level.  WJP Builders Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1),which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1456583, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on June 29, 2020, with respect to a workplace located at 1105 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219.