OSHA Inspection: FORTEX CONTRACTORS CORPORATION

Issued

2026-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $5958.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee use appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or potentially injurious light radiation:  a-  20 Handball Lane, Sicklerville NJ:  A company worker was exposed to struck by hazards when using a pnuematic nailer without eye/face protection at the worksite. Condition observed on or about 02/27/26.

Issued

2026-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $5958.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.502(d)(16): 1926.502(d)(16): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, shall be rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level    a- 20 Handbell Lane, Sicklerville NJ: A worker was exposed to fall hazards when working and walking from a residential structure's exterior wall top plates when their full body harness was connected to a nylon lanyard whose length and having been anchored by  being wrapped around a single, unrated, wooden, upper chord of pitched roof truss (that had not received its final bracing) would not have prevented this worker from contacting the flooring below. Condition observed on or about 02/27/26.

Issued

2026-04-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $29790.00 · Current $29790.00

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- 20 Handbell Lane, Sicklerville NJ: A worker was exposed to fall hazards when working and walking from a residential structure's exterior wall top plates while wearing a full body harness whose attached lanyard was not connected to an anchor. Condition observed on or about 02/27/26.  Fortex Contractor Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1813384, citation number 1 , item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 06/25/2025, with respect to a workplace located at 2801 Creek Road, Hainesport, NJ.  Fortex Contractors Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1851877, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on January 21, 2026, with respect to a workplace located at 857 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway NJ.  Fortex Contractors Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1837593, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on September 23, 2025, with respect to a workplace located at Meadowlark Drive - Turnstone Drive, Fogelsville PA.  Fortex Contractors Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1847327, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 25, 2026, with respect to a workplace located at 7409 Atlantic Avenue, Margate City NJ.

Issued

2026-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $21281.00 · Current $21281.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii)   a- 20 Handbell Lane, Sicklerville NJ.  A worker, not using fall protection as well as improperly using fall protection, was exposed to fall hazards when walking and working from a residential structure's exterior wall frame top plates while performing truss acceptance, installation, securing and performing other related activities. This company worker had not received fall protection training as specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii).  Condition noted on or about 02/27/26.    Fortex Contractor Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.503(a)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1813384, citation number 1 , item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 06/25/2025, with respect to a workplace located at 2801 Creek Road, Hainesport, NJ.  Fortex Contractor Corp. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1847327, citation number 1 , item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 02/25/2026, with respect to a workplace located at 7409 Atlantic Avenue, Margate City NJ.  NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.