OSHA Inspection: GQ FRAMING & CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

May 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,563 · Current $2,738 Reduced

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) 10 Lehigh Ave Clifton NJ 07012: An employee was exposed to eye and face injuries while using a pneumatic nail gun, on or about 5/14/24.

Issued

May 23, 2024

Abate by

Jun 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $3,194 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): Employer did not provide fall protection training to those employees who might be exposed to a fall hazard.  a) GQ Framing & Construction Inc, did not provide fall protection training to all employees who might be exposed to fall hazards, on or about 5/14/24.

Issued

May 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $3,194 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step.  a) 10 Lehigh Ave Clifton NJ 07012: An employee was expose to a fall hazard while standing on the top step of a stepladder, on or about 5/14/24.

Issued

May 23, 2024

Abate by

Jun 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $4,563 · Current $2,738 Reduced

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 and stairways:  a) GQ Framing & Construction Inc, did not provide training program for all employees using ladders and stairways to minimize hazards or death, on or about 5/14/24.

Issued

May 23, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $6,388 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:  a) 10 Lehigh Ave Clifton NJ 07012: An employee engaged in framing activities was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20ft to the ground below as a means of fall protection was not utilized, on or about 5/14/24.   The GQ Framing & Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1584735, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 6/8/22, with respect to a workplace located at 315 Glen Ave Ridgewood NJ 07450.