| Inspection Type |
Planned
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| Scope |
Complete
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2017-08-17
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| Emphasis |
L: LOCALTARG, P: LOCALTARG
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| Case Closed |
2018-08-06
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260850 B |
| Issuance Date |
2018-02-13 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-02-22 |
| Current Penalty |
2079.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2772.0 |
| Final Order |
2018-08-06 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
CFR 1926.850(b): Floors or walls were not shored and braced when employees were required to work within a structure to be demolished which had been damaged by fire, flood, explosion, or other cause: a) Employees were exposed to structural collapse hazard during gut renovation activities. The walls of the ground floor were removed without supporting the 2nd and 3rd floors; part of the 2nd floor was sagging. b) Temp shoring was unsafe: a makeshift shoring of a vertical 4x4 post was wedged up under a horizontal 4x4 to support the sagging second floor. The horizontal 4x4 was bending under load and neither 4x4 was secured, just were wedged into place. Location: 1332 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. On or about 8/17/2017 NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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