OSHA Inspection: DPC CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Issued

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $765.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 March 19, 2012-Job site at 110-05 Jewel Avenue Flushing, NY 11375       Employee was exposed to falling material without hardhats.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2550.00 · Current $1275.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b):    a) On or about March 19, 2012-Job site at 110-05 Jewel Avenue Flushing, NY 11375       Employees exposed to a fall hazard up to 25-feet without fall arrest system.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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:    a) On or about March 19, 2012-Job site at 110-05 Jewel Avenue Flushing, NY 11375       Employees could not identify the need for a fall arrest system for falls up to 35-feet.      WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2012-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2550.00 · Current $1275.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a) On or about March 19, 2012-Job site at 110-05 Jewel Avenue Flushing, NY 11375       Employee was exposed to a fall hazard up to 21-feet while ladders were only 1-foot above the work level being accessed.    WRITTEN ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.