OSHA Inspection: ROAD CONTRACTOR CORPORATION

Issued

Jun 7, 2024

Abate by

Jun 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $388 · Current $388

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a. 100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ  The employer did not provide abatement certification for inspection number 1683054  as indicated below:   1. Citation 1 Item 3 pertaining to 29 CFR  1926.454(a) which was due on 12/20/2023.  The employer received the citation on 12/14/2023  Violation occurred on or about 07/12/2023

Issued

Dec 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $2,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   a. 100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ  While attaching a wooden block to the deck's rim joists, employee(s) utilized a pneumatic nailer without eye protection and were exposed to hazardous conditions created by not wearing safety glasses.   Violation occurred on or about 07/12/2023

Issued

Dec 12, 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. 100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ  Employee(s) engaged in construction activities worked  from a job made scaffold and were not protected from falling to the lower level by the use of guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems and were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 20 feet.  Violation occurred on or about 07/12/2023

Issued

Dec 12, 2023

Abate by

Dec 20, 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. 100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ  Employees were not provided with instruction/training to recognize the hazards associated with working from a job made scaffold.    Violation occurred on or about 07/12/2023

Issued

Dec 12, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $4,688

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed:  a. 100 Executive Drive, West Orange, NJ  Employee(s) accessed a scaffold platform from an A Frame Step Ladder in the closed position thereby exposing employees to fall hazards of 20 feet or more.     Violation occurred on or about 07/12/2023