BRONX, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: SOUTHERN EXPRESS CONSTRUCTION CORP.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of SOUTHERN EXPRESS CONSTRUCTION CORP. in 629 COURTLANDT AVE., BRONX, NY 10451 (NAICS 236220). OSHA activity number 347538167.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SOUTHERN EXPRESS CONSTRUCTION CORP.
- Site address
- 629 COURTLANDT AVE.
- City
- BRONX
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10451
- Mailing
- 40 HUNT AVE., YONKERS, NY 10710
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236220
- Employees
- 7
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.502 D16 III
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2024
- Abate by
- Dec 6, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $6,452 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level. On or about: June 4, 2024 Location: 629 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY 10451 Roof of new gym extension. a) Two (2) workers utilizing lifeline system that was not rigged to limit the free fall to not more than 6 feet. The lifelines were tied to an I-beam in the roof holes area and the length of the lifeline would allow an employee to fall more than 6 feet through multiple holes in the area.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $6452
- · Z (S) $6452
1926.501 B04 I
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2024
- Abate by
- Dec 6, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $6,452 · Current $5,381 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. On or about: June 4, 2024 Location: 629 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY 10451 Roof of new gym extension. a) One (1) worker was not provided with a personal fall arrest system (PFAS) and walked and worked on the corrugated roof deck and was exposed to unprotected floor hole, thereby exposing him to approximately 20-25-foot fall hazard.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5381
- · C (S) $6452
- · Z (S) $6452
1926.502 D11
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2024
- Abate by
- Dec 6, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $4,610 · Current $2,241 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11): Lifelines were not protected against being cut or abraded. On or about: June 4, 2024 Location: 629 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY 10451 Roof of new gym extension. a) Two (2) workers utilizing lifeline that was attached to a steel I-beam and was not protected from potential abrasions by corner of the I-beam.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $2241
- · C (S) $4610
- · Z (S) $4610
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2024
- Abate by
- Dec 6, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $4,610 · Current $2,241 Reduced
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: On or about: June 4, 2024 Location: 629 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY 10451 Roof of new gym extension. a) Three (3) workers who walked and worked on the corrugated roof deck and failed to recognize that they were exposed to unprotected floor hole, thereby exposing them to approximately 20-25-foot fall hazard.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $2241
- · C (S) $4610
- · Z (S) $4610
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $4,610 · Current $3,137 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye. On or about: June 4, 2024 Location: 629 Courtlandt Ave., Bronx, NY 10451 Roof of gym extension a) Employer did not report in-patient hospitalization of the worker within 24 hours.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $3137
- · C (O) $4610
- · Z (O) $4610
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 347538167.
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