OSHA Inspection: 99 CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,572 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(b)(2):Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that relocatable power taps used to energize equipment was approved for use on construction sites.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $4,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(i)(2)(i):Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that live parts in electrical panelboards were guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or equivalent means; the electrical panelboard on the ground floor was not guarded against accidental contact.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,572 · Current $1,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.404(f)(6):The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that the path to ground was permanent and continuous; the electrical cord used to energize the welding machine was missing the ground pin.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iv):Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a)The employer did not ensure that strain relief was provided to the flexible electrical cord used to energize the welding machine; the electrical cord had strain damage exposing the internal wire insulation.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(e)(1):Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that worn and frayed electrical cables were not used; the electrical cord used to energize the welding machine was damaged at multiple locations along its length.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,572 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(g)(2)(iii):Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that flexible electrical cords were continuous lengths without splices; the relocatable power tap used to energize the welding machine was spliced with an extension cord.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,925 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)  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that all working levels of scaffolds used by employees were fully planked between uprights; employees worked from a 1-tier tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked between uprights.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,925 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.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that means of access to provided to employees working from 1-tier tubular welded frame scaffolds.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Abate by

Mar 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2):All brace connections were not secured:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure that all brace connections on tubular welded frame scaffolds were secured; employees performed welding on 1-tier tubular welded frame scaffolds that were not fully braced by cross braces.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,925 Reduced

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: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure employees on unprotected sides or edges were protected from falling; an employee working at an unprotected side approximately 6 feet above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, or equivalent.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,572 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(b)(1):Foot traffic was not prohibited on stairways where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date and stairs were not temporarily fitted with wood or other solid material at least to the top edge of each pan.  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The treads of the stairway leading to the roof level was not temporarily filled or fitted with wood or equivalent solid material at least to the top edge of each pan; employees used the stairway to access the roof level to perform masonry and welding.

Issued

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1052(c)(1):Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:  Location: 930 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11219 On or about: September 14, 2022  (a) The employer did not ensure the stairway leading to the roof level was equipped with at least one stair rail along each unprotected side.