OSHA Inspection: GRANADOS B CONTRACTORS LLC

Issued

Oct 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $5,323

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.   a) At or near 46-62 Harrison Ave, Jersey City NJ - Frame Scaffold - Stair/Elevator tower: employees engaged in masonry work around  a frame scaffold platform without any toe boards were exposed to struck by hazards from tools and materials that could fall approximately 42  feet, on or about 7/29/24.

Issued

Oct 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $3,803

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) At or near 46-62 Harrison Ave, Jersey City NJ - Second Floor - Stair/Elevator towers: employees engaged in masonry were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while working next to openings that were not guarded, on or about 7/29/24.

Issued

Oct 17, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.  a)At or near 46-62 Harrison Ave, Jersey City NJ - Frame Scaffold - Stair/Elevator tower: employees engaged in masonry work were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 32 feet while utilizing a scaffold platform without proper fall protection, on or about 7/29/24.  Granados B Contractors LLC was previously cited SERIOUS for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vi), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1613948, citation number 01, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 3/6/23, with respect to a workplace located at 4607 Tonelle Ave., North Bergen NJ