OSHA Inspection: APLUSA CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Jun 13, 2025

Abate by

Jul 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $398 · Current $199 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated.  (a) Establishment: As of June 12, 2025, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citations 1, Item 1, 1-3 and 2-1 from inspection number 1789716, issued on 1/31/2025, with a final order date of 4/4/2025.

Issued

Jun 13, 2025

Abate by

Jul 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment: As of June 12, 2025, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citations 1, Item 1, 1-3 and 2-1 from inspection number 1789716, issued on 1/31/2025, with a final order date of 4/4/2025.

Issued

Jan 31, 2025

Abate by

Feb 26, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,256 · Current $2,128 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying objects while using a nail gun.  a) 189 Pleasant View Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island: On or about November 22, 2024, employees were exposed to flying objects while using a nail gun without any eye protection.

Issued

Jan 31, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,483 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee 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 employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b).   a) 189 Pleasant View Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island: On or about November 22, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards during residential roofing activities at a height of approximately 10-feet above the lower level without any means of fall protection.

Issued

Jan 31, 2025

Abate by

Mar 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $1,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.                a) 189 Pleasant View Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island: On or about November 22, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards due to a Little Giant ladder being used to access the roof that did not extend at least 3-feet above the upper landing surface, nor was the ladder secured to a rigid support at its top.

Issued

Jan 31, 2025

Abate by

Mar 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $398 · Current $199 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.   a) 189 Pleasant View Avenue Smithfield, Rhode Island: On or about November 22, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards without the benefit of Fall Protection training to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.