OSHA Inspection: ONYX CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC

Issued

2025-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $1809.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:  a) On or about 1/23/2025 at the site locate at 80 General Irwin Blvd Syracuse, NY:  Employees were working on a platform attached to a Skytrak 8042 Telehandler, serial #39119,  which had been added by the employer without the manufacturers written approval.

Issued

2025-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.602(c)(1)(ii): Modifications or additions affecting the safe operation of the equipment were  made without the manufacturer's written approval:  a) On or about 1/23/2025 at the site locate at 80 General Irwin Blvd Syracuse, NY:  Employees were working on a platform attached to a Skytrak 8042 Telehandler, serial #39119,  which had been added by the employer without the manufacturers written approval.

Issued

2025-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2412.00 · Current $1809.00 Reduced

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) On or about 1/23/2025 at the site locate at 80 General Irwin Blvd Syracuse, NY:  Employees were working on a scaffold platform attached to a Skytrak 8042 Telehandler, serial #39119, without the use of fall protection. Employees were exposed to a fall distance of approximately 14 feet.

Issued

2025-02-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2837.00 · Current $2128.00 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) On or about 1/23/2025 at the site locate at 80 General Irwin Blvd Syracuse, NY:  Employees had not been trained in recognizing fall protection hazards and how to minimize fall protection hazards when working on a platform attached to a Skytrak 8042 Telehandler, serial #39119. Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 14 feet.