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Buildmax, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brooklyn, New York · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

2inspections
5citation items
$12,292current penalties
Jul 12, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Buildmax, Inc. 2 times in New York since 2016.

The latest one began on Jul 12, 2017 to follow up on an earlier case, in Brooklyn.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,292 and still stand at $12,292.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Buildmax, Inc. averages $12,292 (1 cited inspection).

Buildmax, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342515657 OPENED JUL 12, 2017Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jul 14, 2017

203 9th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341666139 OPENED AUG 2, 2016Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Feb 10, 2020

203 9th Street., Brooklyn, NY 11215 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,672$2,672Sep 12, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,672$2,672Sep 12, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Serious$2,672$2,672Sep 12, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
Serious$2,138$2,138Sep 12, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
Serious$2,138$2,138Sep 12, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)

(a) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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