UNION CITY, NJ ·
OSHA Inspection: CANTOS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of CANTOS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LLC in 3401 HUDSON AVE., UNION CITY, NJ 07087 (NAICS 238170). OSHA activity number 346700628.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- CANTOS GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LLC
- Site address
- 3401 HUDSON AVE.
- City
- UNION CITY
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07087
- Mailing
- 6201 MEADOWVIEW AVE, NORTH BERGEN, NJ 07047
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238170
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688
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): On or about: May 11, 2023 Location: 3401 Hudson Ave, Union City, NJ 07087 a) Employees were performing siding work on supported scaffold platform that was not fully planked. Employees were exposed to a fall hazards.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4688
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688
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. On or about: May 11, 2023 Location: 3401 Hudson Ave, Union City, NJ 07087 a) Employee was accessing scaffold platform that is more than 2-feet above windowsill to perform siding work. Employee did not have safe means of access.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4688
1926.451 F03
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity: On or about: May 11, 2023 Location: 3401 Hudson Ave, Union City, NJ 07087 a) Supported scaffold on side of residential structure was not inspected by competent person before use. Employees were working on scaffold that did not have guardrails on all sides, a safe means of access, and working platforms that were not fully planked. Employees were exposed to fall hazards.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4688
1926.451 G04 I
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. On or about: May 11, 2023 Location: 3401 Hudson Ave, Union City, NJ 07087 a) Employees performing siding work on supported scaffold platform without guardrails installed were exposed to a fall hazard.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4688
1926.452 J04
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(4): 29 CFR 1926.452(j)(4): A pump jack scaffold work bench is not to be used as scaffold platforms: On or about: May 11, 2023 Location: 3401 Hudson Ave, Union City, NJ 07087 a) Employee who was engaged in siding work on wood plank that was placed on pump jack scaffold work bench was exposed to a fall of approximately 25ft to the ground below as a personal fall arrest system, guardrail system, or safety net were not being used.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4688
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 346700628.
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