Inspection Type |
Referral
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Scope |
Partial
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Safety/Health |
Safety
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Close Conference |
2018-12-06
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Related Activity
Type |
Referral |
Activity Nr |
1411940 |
Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
Citation ID |
01001 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260021 B02 |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-17 |
Current Penalty |
1650.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2842.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. Location: a) At 143 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employees were not trained in recognition and avoidance of unsafe working condition in the jobsite when removing floors, stairs and doing demolition/rehab activities. at the site. |
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Citation ID |
01002 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260501 B01 |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-04 |
Current Penalty |
2400.0 |
Initial Penalty |
3978.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Related Event Code (REC) |
Imminent Danger |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems. Location: a) At 143 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employees were working on the first floor level on the northeast side of the jobsite, and exposed to falling approximately 10 feet to the lower level. Employees were not protected by the use of guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems. |
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Citation ID |
01003 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19260850 A |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-10 |
Current Penalty |
2400.0 |
Initial Penalty |
3978.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations. Location: a) At 143 Chamber Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employer did not provide/conduct an engineering survey by a competent person in the means and methods for demolition of floor joists. |
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Citation ID |
01004A |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19261053 B01 |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-04 |
Current Penalty |
2400.0 |
Initial Penalty |
3978.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed; the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. Location: a) At 143 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employees used a straight ladder for access between the cellar level and the first floor level on the northeast side of the jobsite. The ladder length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed. The ladder also was not secured at its top. |
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Citation ID |
01004B |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19261053 B04 |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-04 |
Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
10 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed. Location: a) At 143 Chamber Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employee used a straight ladder that was modified with extension to side rails with no steps to go from the basement to first floor. |
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Citation ID |
01005 |
Citaton Type |
Serious |
Standard Cited |
19261060 A |
Issuance Date |
2019-05-29 |
Abatement Due Date |
2019-06-10 |
Current Penalty |
1650.0 |
Initial Penalty |
2842.0 |
Contest Date |
2019-06-24 |
Final Order |
2020-05-04 |
Nr Instances |
1 |
Nr Exposed |
4 |
Gravity |
5 |
FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways. Location: a) At 143 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 On or about 12/06/2018, employer did not provide training to each employee who used ladders for access to the first floor level that were exposed to a fall hazard to enable each employee to recognize the hazards related to ladders and the procedure to be followed in order to minimize these hazards. |
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