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Sciame Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

New York, New York · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

6inspections
6citation items
$82,800current penalties
Aug 12, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Sciame Construction, LLC 6 times in New York since 2013.

The latest one began on Aug 12, 2024 as a planned inspection, in New York.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $146,006 and now stand at $82,800, 43% 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 Sciame Construction, LLC averages $80,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Sciame Construction, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Sciame Construction, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347683146 OPENED AUG 12, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Dec 2, 2024

144 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 347683344 OPENED AUG 12, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 5 employees at the site · Closed Dec 2, 2024

144 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345895924 OPENED APR 13, 2022Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 2023

335 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10017 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345658165 OPENED NOV 29, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 250 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 2022

185 Greenwich St Westfield World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344019484 OPENED MAY 18, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jun 23, 2021

335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 18, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall through scaffold's hoisting shaft

At 4:00 p.m. on May 18, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were working from a scaffold inside a 32-story commercial building that was being constructed. They were sweeping and cleaning a scaffold platform when Employee #1 fell through the scaffold's hoisting shaft and landed on a lower floor landing. Employee #1 was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$11,934$6,000Nov 15, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$11,934$6,000Nov 15, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$119,338$68,000Nov 15, 2019Final

Inspection 339017592 OPENED APR 5, 2013Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Aug 20, 2013

404 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10016 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Other-than-serious$2,800$2,800Jun 26, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(3) · Fall protection systems
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 26, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4) · Fall protection systems
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 26, 2013Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the New York site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 170 workers: 2.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 63 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Sciame Construction, LLC
New York · 2025
170 312.21.8

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i)

(i) Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3)

(3) Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

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