OSHA Inspection: AMERICA GENERAL CONTRACTOR, LLC

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $5070.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use.  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) Employees were using a hand held grinder which was not provided with a guard; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2897.00 · Current $2897.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer shall 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. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors.   Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) Employer did not ensure that the hammer drill and hand held grinder used by the employees at the site was provided with a GFCI or an assured equipment grounding conductor program; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $5070.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(3)(x): Single tiebacks were installed at an angle.  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) Tie backs were not installed perpendicular to the face of the building; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2897.00 · Current $2897.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairways or ladders were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more.  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a)  Employer did not provide a stairway or ladder at an access point that had a height of approximately 27 inches; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10140.00 · Current $10140.00

General-duty citation text

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.  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ   a) Employer allowed his employees to work from a scaffold in excess of 10 feet to the ground below with no fall protection in place, i.e. guardrail system/Fall Arrest System, exposing them to fall hazards; on or about 11/16/16.          American General Contractor was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 449296, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/1/12, with respect to a workplace located at 38 Winans St., Orange, NJ.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1016.00 · Current $1016.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103: A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program for workers exposed to silica and required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators during manual demolition of a brick/cinder block facade and while mixing cement; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) The employer did not provide medical evaluations for workers required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators during manual demolition of a brick/cinder block facade and while mixing cement; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103: Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  The employer did not provide respirator training for workers required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators during manual demolition of a brick/cinder block facade and while mixing cement; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1016.00 · Current $1016.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59: The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.  a) The employer did not develop and implement a Silica written hazard communication program for workers performing manual demolition of a brick/cinder block facade and while mixing cement; on or about 11/16/16.

Issued

2017-02-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59: Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  Location: 872 18th Ave., Irvington, NJ.   The employer did not train workers performing manual demolition of a brick/cinder block facade and while mixing cement on the hazards of crystalline silica; on or about 11/16/16.