OSHA Inspection: IT'S ELECTRIC OF LONG ISLAND, INC.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1890.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was working on a scaffold with energized wires from the service drop for 240 VAC 200 AMP service to a residential home and was not trained properly to recognize the associated electrical hazards; on or about 06/1/23.   Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was performing electrical work on a scaffold and was not trained properly to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedure to control or minimize those hazards; on or about 06/1/23.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.416(a)(1): The employer permitted the employee to work in close proximity to energized, unguarded, and ungrounded electric power circuits that the employee could contact in the course of their work:  a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was exposed to electrical hazards while connecting energized wires from the service drop for 240 VAC 200 Amp service to a residential home; on or about 06/1/23.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii):The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was performing electrical work while working from a pump jack scaffold.  The scaffold platform extended approximately 4 feet past the support; on or about 6/1/2023   Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 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.    a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was not protected from falling to the ground approximately 13.5 feet while accessing a scaffold which was more than 2 feet from the portable ladder the employee was using; on or about 06/1/23.   Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).    a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was exposed to electrical hazards while connecting energized wires from the Service Drop for 240 VAC 200 Amp service to a residential home from a scaffold less than 10 feet from the energized wires; on or about 06/1/23.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.   a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The employee was not protected from falling to the ground approximately 13.5 feet while performing electrical work from a scaffold; on or about 06/1/23.   Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2023-11-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $1875.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  a) Worksite: 8 Nyack Drive, East Northport, NY 11731 - The scaffold pole was not secured at the bottom exposing employee to a scaffolding collapse while working approximately 13.5 feet above the ground; on or about 6/1/23.   Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.