OSHA Inspection: GUAUSA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.  A) 1312 Durham Ave South Plainfield, NJ 07080   Three employees were working on the upper level at the highest point of a tubular welded scaffold system at a height of approximately 15'0'' above the ground level, without proper fall protection systems in place.   Hazard observed on or about 08/31/22

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

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:  A)1312 Durham Ave South Plainfield, NJ 07080  Employees working from tubular welded scaffold approximately 15ft high were not trained to recognize hazards associated with tubular welded scaffolds.  Hazard noted on or about 08/31/2022

Issued

2022-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3729.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1):For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1:  A) 1312 Durham Ave South Plainfield, NJ 07080  The employer failed to fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection for employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica during the cutting on masonry brick. Employee was using a 14 inch Stihl cut-off saw, without water suppression or a dust collection system. The exposure control methods implemented by employer were not effective as no water suppression or dust collection system was being utilized.  Condition observed on or about 08/31/22