| Inspection Type |
Planned
|
| Scope |
Partial
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2023-02-15
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL, P: FALL
|
| Case Closed |
2025-02-03
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260404 B01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2023-05-04 |
| Current Penalty |
600.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1707.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-05-22 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites: a) On or about 2/15/2023 at a commercial building located at 359 Ganson Street, Buffalo, New York; employees using extension cords to provide power to a compressor and circular saw did not have a ground fault circuit interrupter or an assured equipment grounding conductor program in place. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260453 B02 V |
| Issuance Date |
2023-05-04 |
| Current Penalty |
2500.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3349.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-05-22 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift: a) On or about 2/15/2023 at a commercial building located at 359 Ganson Street, Buffalo, New York; employees were using a boom lift to access work areas while performing framing work. The employees in the lift did not have a harnesses with lanyards attached to the boom or basket. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
| Issuance Date |
2023-05-04 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2023-05-22 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets: a) On or about 2/15/2023 at a commercial building located at 359 Ganson Street, Buffalo, New York; employees working on the ground below active framing operations were not wearing hard hats. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
|
| Inspection Type |
Planned
|
| Scope |
Partial
|
| Safety/Health |
Safety
|
| Close Conference |
2012-09-14
|
| Emphasis |
L: FALL, L: GUTREH
|
| Case Closed |
2012-10-29
|
Related Activity
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
639418 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
639220 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260252 A |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.252(a): An enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, was not used where materials were dropped more than 20 feet to points lying outside the exterior walls of the building(s): a) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees clearing debris off from the roof were throwing it over the side to a dumpster approximately 28 feet below. There was no chute or equivalent in place. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| 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): On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; an employee was using a frame scaffold to place a masonry in-fill. The work platform and access walkway to the work platform were not fully decked. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation: On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; an employee was using a frame scaffold to place a masonry in-fill. The scaffold was three lifts high and was supporting an employee, concrete blocks, bricks and mortar. The scaffold did not have base plates. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| 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: On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; an employee was using a frame scaffold to place a masonry in-fill. The work platform and access walkway were 11 feet high and there were no guardrails or fall protection. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B03 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1500.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(3): Each employee in a hoist area was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems or personal fall arrest systems: a) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were hoisting concrete blocks from the first floor to the second floor with a well wheel. The employee on the second floor was not protected from falling approximately 14 feet to the floor below. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01006 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B04 I |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
2100.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
3 |
| Nr Exposed |
6 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes: a) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees working on the roof were placing materials, clearing debris and repairing the roof decking. Employees were not protected from falling through the ladder hole, or the holes in the roof deck, 14 feet to the floor below. b) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were working on the second floor performing framing and debris removal. Employees were not protected from falling approximately 14 feet through the floor hole at the south side of the room for future stairs. c) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were working on the second floor performing framing and debris removal. Employees were not protected from falling approximately 14 feet through the floor hole at the north side of the room being used for ladder access. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01007 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B10 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1500.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system: a) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were repaing the roof deck and sheathing on a 65'x65' flat roof. There was no fall protectiion system in place and employees were exposed to falling approximately 28 feet. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01008 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B14 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1500.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system: a) On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; on the east and south sides of the building, windows on the 2nd floor with a sill height of 18" did not have railings or other forms of fall protection in place. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01009 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261052 B01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| 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: On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were using unfilled pan stairs on the south side of the building to access the second floor. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
|
| Citation ID |
01010 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261052 C01 |
| Issuance Date |
2012-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1600.0 |
| Final Order |
2012-10-25 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| 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: On or about 9/13/12 at the Kronenberg Building rehabilitation project located at 12 Main Street, Hamburg, New York; employees were using unfilled pan stairs on the south side of the building to access the second floor. There was no handrail or stairrail in place. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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