OSHA Inspection: MJ SOME CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Oct 17, 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)  A) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001 Side of building  The employer did not have the working levels of the scaffold, where employees were working fully planked. This conditions exposed employees to falls of approx. 20 feet.   Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23

Issued

Oct 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2):Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  A) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001  The tubular welded scaffold that was erected to perform stucco work on the exterior of a commercial building, was not erected using base plates and or mud sills. This conditions exposed employees to falls of approx. 20 feet.    Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23

Issued

Oct 17, 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.   A) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001  Employees were accessing the upper levels of the scaffold by climbing the exterior of the scaffold to access the upper levels. No safe means of access was provided. This conditions exposed employees to falls of approx. 20 feet.    Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23

Issued

Oct 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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). 300 volts to 50 kv	10 feet clearance distance was not maintained.  A) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001 Side of building   Scaffold was erected and in direct contact with a power line that was energized and carrying 13kv voltage exposing employees to electrical hazards.  Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23

Issued

Oct 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001 Side of building  Three employees working from tubular welded scaffold were not protected from falling off the back and sides of the scaffold which was missing fall protection systems. This conditions exposed employees to falls of approx. 20 feet.    Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23

Issued

Oct 17, 2023

Abate by

Nov 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

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) 22 Cragwood Ave Avenel, NJ 07001  Employees working from tubular welded scaffold approximately 20 feet high and in direct contact with 13kv service feed were not trained to recognize hazards associated with tubular welded scaffolds.  Hazard noted on or about 07/06/23