OSHA Inspection: C&W PAINTING LLC

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $3476.00 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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):  a) 152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood, NJ - Employees engaged in painting the exterior of a residential home working from and walking on a roof were not protected from falling approximately 12 feet to lower levels by any type of fall protection system on or about 8/12/2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood NJ : An employee was exposed to fall hazards while engaged in painting activities, the employer did not provide fall protection training for each employee potentially exposed to a fall hazard and to enable each employee to recognize the fall hazards, on or about 8-12-2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $3476.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(6): Unsecured ladder(s) were used on surfaces that were not stable and level:  a.) 152 Kenilworth Road, Ridgewood NJ 07450 - Employees performing painting activities on a house, worked from a non-self-supporting extension ladder that was set up on a 4:12 pitched roof.  The ladder was not secured in any way on or about 8/12/2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   (a) 152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood NJ - The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders, as necessary which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards on or about 8/12/2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) 152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood NJ- Employees were using products such as paint, paint primer that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to ethyl benzene, silica, crystalline, and titanium dioxide. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, on or about 8/12/2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)  a) 152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood NJ - Employees were using products such as paint, paint primer that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to ethyl benzene, silica, crystalline, and titanium dioxide.  The employer did not maintain copies of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals, on or about 8/12/2025.

Issued

2026-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1):Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a) 152 Kenilworth Road Ridgewood NJ -  Employees were using products such as paint, and paint primer that contained hazardous chemicals including but not limited to ethyl benzene, silica, crystalline, and titanium dioxide.  The employer did not provide information and training to affected employees, upon initial hire, on the safe use and handling of working with hazardous chemicals and substances, on or about 8/12/2025.