OSHA Inspection: JSTJ CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1429.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:  12 Boxwood Road, Yonkers -NY: Employees were exposed to head injuries while working below roofing activities. The employees were not protected by hard hats or protective helmets, on or about, November 28th, 2023.

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1905.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):  Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  A) 12 Boxwood Road, Yonkers -NY: Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using an electric saw during roofing work.  The employees were not protected by eye/face protection, on or about, November 28th, 2023.

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3332.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    A) 12 Boxwood Road, Yonkers -NY: Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 21-feet, while conducting roofing work, without the use of harnesses, or other fall protection devices, on or about, November 28th, 2023.

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1905.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):  Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access:  A) 12 Boxwood Road, Yonkers -NY: An employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 14 1/2-feet while using an extension ladder to access an upper level of a structure. The extension ladder that was used, did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing, on or about, November 28th, 2023.

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1429.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.   A)12 Boxwood Road, Yonkers -NY: An employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 6 feet while using a folding step ladder that was not opened and locked into place, on or about, November 28th, 2023.