OSHA Inspection: BLUE CONTRACTOR CORP.

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,839

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   A) 70 Church St Flemington, NJ 08822  The employer did not ensure fall protection training was provided to employees. This condition exposed employees to fall hazards.   Hazard noted on or about 09/26/23

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Abate by

Mar 29, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders:  A) 70 Church St Flemington, NJ 08822  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders. This condition exposed employees to fall hazards.   Hazards noted on or about 09/26/23

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,839 · Current $4,839

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13):The top or step of a stepladder was used as a step:  A) 70 Church St Flemington, NJ 08822 Rooftop addition  Three employees were using the top step of a 6ft A-frame ladder to climb up to the upper work area. This condition exposed to employees to falls greater than 6 feet.   Hazard noted on or about 09/26/23

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $35,491 · Current $35,491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.   A) 70 Church St Flemington, NJ 08822 Upper addition  Three employees were exposed to fall hazards of 56'4'' or greater while performing  framing work  on a addition of a 5 story building without the use of a fall protection system.    Hazards noted on or about 09/26/23

Issued

Mar 5, 2024

Penalty

Initial $9,679 · Current $9,679

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  A) 70 Church St Flemington, NJ 08822 Rooftop addition  Three employees were using a ladder that didn't extend 3ft above the landing to access the upper level of the work area. This condition exposed employees to fall hazards.   Hazard noted on or about 09/26/23  Blue Contractor Corp was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1668482, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 09/06/23, with respect to a workplace located at 35 Division St Belmar, NJ 07715.