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Rafa's Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

2inspections
6citation items
$1,965current penalties
Jul 22, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Rafa's Construction, LLC 2 times in New Jersey since 2007.

The latest one began on Jul 22, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Rutherford.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,200 and now stand at $1,965, 68% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Rafa's Construction, LLC averages $1,365 (1 cited inspection).

Rafa's Construction, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340794239 OPENED JUL 22, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 4 employees at the site · Closed Dec 21, 2016

506 Riverside Ave., Rutherford, NJ 07070 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$1,200$455Sep 30, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,600$455Sep 30, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,800$455Sep 30, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 30, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.28(a) · Personal protective equipment
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 30, 2015Final

Inspection 308627983 OPENED APR 21, 2007Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 4, 2007

326 Division Street, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$600$600May 22, 2007Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.28 · Personal protective equipment

29 CFR 1926.28(a)

(a) The employer is responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions or where this part indicates the need for using such equipment to reduce the hazards to the employees.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

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