OSHA Inspection: SPEECHLESS ENTERPRISES INC

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: An employee was exposed to a head injury while working without a hard hat below a scaffold, on or about 8/02/2023.  b) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building  Front: An employee was exposed to an head injury while working without a hard hat below a scaffold, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no(a)   a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet while working on a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about 8/03/2023.  b) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Front: Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 and 24 feet while working on a fabricated frame scaffold that was not fully planked, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: Fabricated scaffold three frames in height were not supported on base plates, on or about 8/03/2023.  b) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/ Building Front:  Fabricated scaffold four frames in height were not supported on base plates, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: Fabricated scaffold three frames in height were supported on small pieces of wood on or about 8/03/2023.  b) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/ Building Front:  Fabricated scaffold four frames in height were supported on pieces of wooden plywood, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1): Cross-braces were used as a means of access.    a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Front:  Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 and 24 feet while using the cross-braces on a fabricated scaffold four frames in height for access, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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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).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.    a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: The employer did not ensure that employees  working from a fabricated scaffold three frames in height was at least 10 feet from the energized electrical lines, on or about 8/03/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Front:  An employee was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 and 24 feet while working from a fabricated scaffold four frames in height that was not equipped with a guardrail system, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would  automatically square   a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ:  The fabricated scaffold three frames in height lateral frames were not secured by cross braces, on or about 8/03/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(c)(4): End frames of tubular welded frame scaffolding were not locked together vertically by use of pins or equivalent means in areas where uplift could occur:    a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Side: Fabricated scaffold three frames in height were not  locked vertically by the use of  pins or equivalent  means in areas where uplift can occur, on or about 8/03/2023.  b) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/ Building Front :  Fabricated scaffold three frames in height were not  locked vertically by the use of  pins or equivalent  means in areas where uplift can occur, on or about 9/19/2023.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes.    a) 174 Anderson Ave, Fairview, NJ/Building Inside: Employees working inside the building were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 7 feet while working from a 4 foot-step ladder next to an unguarded floor opening, on or about 8/10/2023.