| Inspection Type |
Referral
|
| Scope |
Partial
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2015-08-25
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL
|
| Case Closed |
2017-01-04
|
Related Activity
| Type |
Referral |
| Activity Nr |
1013793 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 II |
| Issuance Date |
2015-09-03 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2015-12-04 |
| Final Order |
2016-02-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(ii): The platform was not planked or decked as fully as possible and the remaining open space between the platform and the uprights exceeded 9.5 inches (24.1 cm): a) On or about August 25, 2015- job site at 184-21 Avon Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 the employer permitted employees to work on a scaffold that was not fully planked. WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-09-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2015-12-04 |
| Final Order |
2016-02-08 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement: a) On or about August 25, 2015- job site at 184-21 Avon Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold whose footing was sinking into the soft ground. WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-09-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2015-12-04 |
| Final Order |
2016-02-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. Crossbraces were used as a means of access: a) On or about August 25, 2015- job site at 184-21 Avon Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 the employer permitted employees to access the working platform of a tubular welded frame scaffold by climbing the cross braces. WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. |
|
| Citation ID |
01001D |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260452 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-09-03 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2015-12-04 |
| Final Order |
2016-02-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): Frames and panels were not braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, which would secure vertical members together laterally, and the cross braces were not of such length as would automatically square: a) On or about August 25, 2015- job site at 184-21 Avon Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 the employer permitted employees to work on a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have all of the required cross bracing. WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. |
|
| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-09-03 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2015-12-04 |
| Final Order |
2016-02-08 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level. a) On or about August 25, 2015- job site at 184-21 Avon Road, Jamaica, NY 11432 the employer permitted employees to work on a scaffold, from 15-20 feet above the next lower level, without fall protection. WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED. |
|
|
| Inspection Type |
Referral
|
| Scope |
Complete
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2015-03-19
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL
|
| Case Closed |
2016-04-07
|
Related Activity
| Type |
Referral |
| Activity Nr |
970593 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-03-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-04-03 |
| Current Penalty |
1000.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-04-21 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii) A). On or about 03/19/15, at 179-15 80th Road. Jamaica, NY Employees working on west side of the fabricated frame scaffolds of the house were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 24 ft. to the ground. The working platforms were installed with only two scaffold planks. ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19. |
|
| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 VII |
| Issuance Date |
2015-03-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-04-03 |
| Current Penalty |
1800.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-04-21 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs g(1)(i) through g(1)(vi) of this section, each employee working on a scaffold more than 10 above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by the use of guardrails or personal fall arrest systems: A). on or about 03/19/15, scaffolds in west side of the house at 179-15 80th Road. Jamaica, NY Employees installing insulation paper around the window on the scaffolds were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 24 ft. to the ground. Guardrails or personal fall arrest systems were not provided. ABATEMENT VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19. |
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