OSHA Inspection: PORTUGUESE STRUCTURAL STEEL INC.

Issued

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    a)  113 Essex Street, Maywood, NJ: Employee was exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 15 feet while working on a pallet attached to a Lull Fork lift truck, on or about 2/6/2013.

Issued

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(a)(9)(i): Bidirectional machine(s) were not equipped with an operable horn, distinguishable from the surrounding noise level, which could be operated as needed when the machine is moving in either direction.    a)  113 Essex Street, Maywood, NJ: A Lull forklift on site did not have a horn that was maintained in an operative condition, on or about 2/6/2013.

Issued

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.    a)  113 Essex Street, Maywood, NJ: Employee was exposed to a fall hazard in excess of 20 feet while welding structural steel without the use of a guard rails system, safety net, personal fall arrest system, or other feasible means of fall protection, on or about 2/6/2013.

Issued

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1422: Hand signal charts must be either posted on the equipment or conspicuously posted in the vicinity of the hoisting operations.    a)  113 Essex Street, Maywood, NJ: A National Crane Model 900A did not have a hand signal chart posted on the equipment near the hoisting operations, on or about 2/6/2013.