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Big Contracting Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Jamaica, New York · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

2inspections
2citation items
$5,174current penalties
Aug 16, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Big Contracting Corp. 2 times in New York since 2017.

The latest one began on Aug 16, 2018 to follow up on an earlier case, in Jamaica.

Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,174 and still stand at $5,174.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Big Contracting Corp. averages $5,174 (1 cited inspection).

Big Contracting Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343390449 OPENED AUG 16, 2018Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Aug 16, 2018

179-00 Linden Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342747169 OPENED OCT 27, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2022

179-00 Linden Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11434 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$5,174$5,174Apr 25, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Serious$0$0Apr 25, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13)

(13) Residential construction. Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of § 1926.502.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1)

(a) Training program. (1) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

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