OSHA Inspection: GARZON & BERNAL ISLAND DESIGN INC.

Issued

Mar 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:   A).	On or about 10/17/2022, worksite at 17 Deer Park Rd. Kings Point, NY  Employees working on the ground were exposed to head injury from falling objects such as, but not limited to tools and materials from other employees who were working overhead. Protective helmets were not worn.

Issued

Mar 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

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.           On or about 10/17/22, worksite at 17 Deer Park Road. Kings Point, NY    Employees working on a fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 18 ft. to the ground. The working platforms were installed with only two scaffold planks.

Issued

Mar 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  A.           On or about 10/17/22, Worksite at 17 Deer Park. Kings Point, NY    Employees were accessing a fabricated frame scaffold by climbing the frame of the scaffold. Access was not provided to the scaffold.

Issued

Mar 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $3,349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs g(1)(i) through g(1)(vi) of this section, each employee working on a scaffold more than 10 above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems:  A.           On or about 10/17/22, Worksite at 17 Deer Park Road. Kings Point, NY    Employees working from a fabricated frame scaffold were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 ft. while applying stucco to exterior of a residential home.