OSHA Inspection: A & B SITE SERVICES, LLC

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,267 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:  a) 9 Vine St. Nyack NY (Exterior Single Family Home): Employees engaged in siding work, were climbing the cross braces of a tubular three frame scaffold, to access the working platform. The employer did not ensure that employees accessing a tubular frame scaffold were provided with adequate means of access, on or about 3/7/23.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

Apr 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  a) 9 Vine St. Nyack, NY (Exterior East Side of Single Family Home): Employees engaged in siding work, were working from a tubular three frame scaffold, and were exposed to a fall hazard of over 20 feet above the lower level, without a personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection equipment. The employer did not ensure that fall protection was provided for affected employees, while working from a tubular frame scaffold, over 10 feet above the lower level, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 3/7/23.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

Apr 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,267 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  a) 9 Vine St. Nyack, NY (Exterior East Side of Single Family Home): Employees engaged in siding work were exposed to a fall hazard over 15 feet above the lower surface, without a personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection. The employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest system or other means of fall protection was provided for affected employees working above 15 feet above the lower surface, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about 3/7/23.

Issued

Apr 11, 2023

Abate by

Apr 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,267 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  a) 9 Vine Street, Nyack, NY (Exterior East Side of Family Home): Employees engaged in siding work were using an aluminum extension ladder that did not extend three feet above the roof's upper landing. The employer did not ensure that an aluminum extension ladder extended three feet above the roof's upper landing, on or about 3/7/23.