OSHA Inspection: TREND 21 MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2987.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(1): Valve protection cap(s) in place were not in place and secured on compressed gas cylinder(s)      Location:   a) On the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, valve protection cap were not in place and secured on a compressed gas cylinder.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(9): Compressed gas cylinders were not secured in an upright position at all times.    Location:  a) On the northwest side of the building:    On or about 04/27/17, compressed gas cylinders were not secured in upright positions.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.350(a)(10): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinder or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.    Location:  a) On the northwest side of the building:    On or about 04/27/17, oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinder, a minimum distance of 20 feet or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2987.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, employees were demolishing a cement block wall on the second tier platform of a 3-tier-high supported scaffold. The supported scaffold legs did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4183.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs 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:   a) Supported scaffold on the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, the employer did not provide training to an employee who worked on a supported scaffold.

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8366.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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)      Location:   a) Supported scaffold on the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, employees were demolishing a cement block wall on the second tier platform of a 3-tier-high supported scaffold that was not fully planked or decked between front upright and the guardrail supports, and were exposed to falling approximately 12 feet to the lower level.      Trend 21 Management Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1060878, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/20/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 1452 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10472

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8366.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.      Location:  a) Supported scaffold on the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, employees climbed the crossbrace as a mean of access to the second tier platform of a 3-tier-high supported scaffold.       Trend 21 Management Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1060878, citation number 1, item number 6 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/20/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 1452 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10472

Issued

2017-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8366.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:   a) Supported scaffold on the northwest side of the building:      On or about 04/27/17, employees were demolishing a cement block wall on the second tier platform of a 3-tier-high supported scaffold, and were exposed to falling approximately 12 feet to the lower level.      Trend 21 Management Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1060878, citation number 1, item number 7 and was affirmed as a final order on 05/20/2016, with respect to a workplace located at 1452 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 10472