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Dears Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brooklyn, New York · Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors · NAICS 238110

4inspections
9citation items
$18,525current penalties
Feb 15, 2024last inspection

Since 2010, OSHA inspectors have visited Dears Construction, Inc. in New York 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 15, 2024 to follow up on an earlier case, in Brooklyn.

In all, OSHA issued 9 citation items: 9 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $23,525; today they stand at $18,525, 21% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.451 (scaffolds, general requirements), 7 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Dears Construction, Inc. averages $7,762 across 2 cited inspections.

Dears Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347281404 OPENED FEB 15, 2024Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2024

2029 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11223 · Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346679616 OPENED APR 27, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed May 8, 2025

2029 Ocean Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11223 · Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure 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$4,688$4,688Sep 26, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$3,349$3,349Sep 26, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$4,688$4,688Sep 26, 2023Final

Inspection 340929785 OPENED SEP 18, 2015Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed May 2, 2025

Bike Path At Canal St & Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002 · Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
Serious$2,000$1,000Feb 11, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
Serious$2,800$1,800Feb 11, 2016Final

Inspection 313982399 OPENED SEP 8, 2010Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2012

10 Lawrence Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314 · 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$1,500$750Sep 30, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$1,500$750Sep 30, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$1,500$750Sep 30, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$1,500$750Sep 30, 2010Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6)

(6) The clearance between scaffolds and power lines shall be as follows: Scaffolds shall not be erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer to exposed and energized power lines than as follows:

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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