OSHA Inspection: BHD BUILDERS LLC

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $1663.00 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) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    The employer did not provide protective helmets to employees exposed to struck by hazards while walking under bricklayer's scaffold.      Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087  Employees were not protected from falling objects while walking beneath scaffolds used by bricklayers.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, post, frames, and/or uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement:    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    Scaffolds used for bricklaying were not fully braced to prevent swaying or displacement.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    Employees performing bricklaying climbed scaffold crossbraces in excess of 35 feet to access the working platforms.     Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    Employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 35 feet while working from a scaffold that was not inspected by a competent person for fall hazards and integrity prior to the start of each shift.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    Employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 35 feet while working from a scaffold that was not evaluated or inspected by a competent person for fall hazards and integrity.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi): Each employee performing overhand bricklaying operations from a supported scaffold was not protected from falling from all open sides and ends of the scaffold (except at the side next to the wall being laid) by the use of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system:    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    Employees were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 35 feet while doing overhand bricklaying work from a scaffold platform with no guardrails along the open sides and ends of platform.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.

Issued

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed 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.    a) Work site was located at 509 44th Street, Union City, NJ 07087    The employer did not train employees to recognize hazards associated with work on tubular welded scaffolds and procedures to control those hazards.    Violation was observed on or about 6/20/2018.