| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
1550.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
5 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were laying cinder blocks from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not fully planked. The employees were exposed to potential fall hazards of up to 13 feet to the ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
1550.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
5 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were working from a tubular welded frame scaffold that did not have means of access. Employees climbed frames and crossbraces to get to work platform. |
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| Citation ID |
01003A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 VII |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2150.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
5 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section. Location: 1 Woodrow Court Brooklyn, NY. On or about 11/06/13 a) Employees were laying cement blocks from a tubular welded frame scaffold that was not provided with any fall protection system. The employees were exposed to a potential fall hazard of up to 13 feet to the ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01003B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260454 A |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were not trained to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used. The employees were not provided with proper fall protection system while exposed to a potential fall of 13 feet to the ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01004A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2150.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| 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: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Three employees were workinkg on a new floor deck without fall protection while exposed to a potential fall hazard up to 20 feet to the ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01004B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260503 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were not trained to recognize fall hazards. Three employees were working by the edge of a new floor deck without any fall protection while exposed to potential fall hazars of approximately 20 feet to ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01005A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261052 C01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2150.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
4 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were using unprotected stairways as means of access while exposed to potential fall hazards up to 15 feet to the ground below. |
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| Citation ID |
01005B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261052 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
4 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(1): Where the treads and/or landings of pan stairs were to be filled in with concrete or other material at a later date, foot traffic was not prohibited on the stairway. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) The stairs used by the employees as means of access did not have the treads filled. |
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| Citation ID |
01006 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260701 B |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2150.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
10 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employees were working above and next to unprotected steel rebar. |
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| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) The employer did not implement and develop a written Hazard Communication Program for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as gasoline, cement and joint compound. |
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| Citation ID |
02002 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a) Employer did not maintain the required MSDS information sheets to his employees for on site reference of the chemicals on site, including gasoline, joint compound and Portland cement. |
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| Citation ID |
02003 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 H01 |
| Issuance Date |
2014-03-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2016-01-26 |
| Final Order |
2016-05-13 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets. Location: 457 39th Street Brooklyn, NY. On or about: 03/19/14 a)The employer did not instruct and inform employees of the hazards for each employee exposed/using chemicals such as gasoline, portland cement and joint compound. |
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