OSHA Inspection: MAC CONSTRUCTION EXPRESS, LLC

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $16131.00

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)851-859 Communipaw Ave, Jersey, NJ  The employer did not ensure that the Werner pump jack scaffolds were erected by a competent person.  On February 2, 2024, an employee fell 42 feet from a Werner pump jack scaffold.  Violation occurred on or about February 2, 2024.

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $16131.00

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.  a) 859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey city, NJ  The employer did not ensure that employees working from Werner pump jack scaffolding, at approximately 42 feet, were protected from fall hazards. An employee installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) to the building exterior was not utilizing a personal fall arrest system on a scaffold platform that did not have end-rails installed resulting in a fall from height.  Violation occurred on or about 02/02/2024

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(3)(i): Vertical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffold, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion.  a) 859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ  The employer did not ensure that employees working from Werner pump jack scaffolds, at approximately 42 feet, had vertical lines fastened to fixed, safe anchorage points independent of the scaffold. Employees installing EFIS to the building exterior attached to lifelines that were attached to the scaffold anchor brackets at the top of the scaffold poles.    Violation occurred on or about 02/02/2024

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $16131.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews:   a) 859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ  The employer did not ensure that employees working from Werner pump jack scaffolding, at approximately 42 feet, were protected from fall hazards. Employees installing EIFS to the building, used the scaffolds where guardrails were not provided at the ends of the scaffold platforms.   Violation occurred on or about 02/02/2024

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(4)(ix): Mid-rails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, and equivalent structural members of a guardrail system were not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force to applied in any downward or horizontal direction at any point along the mid-rail or other member of at least 75 pounds for guardrail systems with a minimum 100 pound top rail capacity, and at least 150 pounds for guardrail systems with a minimum 200 pound top-rail capacity:  a) 859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ  The employer did not ensure that employees working from Werner pump jack scaffolding, at approximately 42 feet, were protected from fall hazards.  Employees installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) to the building exterior worked from a scaffold platform where the mid-rail netting was secured to the workbench (top-rail) by using wire and the top-rail was nailed together 2X4's and did not extend to the ends of the scaffold platform.  Violation occurred on or about 02/02/2024

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  a) 851-859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, NJ  The employer did not ensure that Werner pump jack scaffolds were erected and secured at the base. Employees were working at a height of approximately 42 feet,  while installing EFIS to the building exterior without having the scaffold pole base secured to the structure, which affected the stability of the scaffolds and prevented displacement.   Violation occurred on or about 02/02/2024

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $16131.00

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) 851-859 Communipaw Ave., Jersey, NJ  The employer failed to have each employee installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) to a building exterior with Werner's pump jack scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and understand processes to control or minimize those hazards. The employees were exposed to fall hazards at approximately 42 feet to the ground.  Violation occurred on or about February 2, 2024.

Issued

2024-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(b):The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in (a):  a) 851-859 Communipaw Ave, Jersey, NJ  The employer failed to train each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work. The employees were installing Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) to a building exterior with Werner's pump jack scaffold at approximately 42 feet to the ground.   Violation occurred on or about February 2, 2024.