Inspection 347683146 OPENED AUG 12, 2024Closed
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.
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.
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13 of them in the same industry
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Watch this company144 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements |
Serious | $11,934 | $6,000 | Nov 15, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements |
Serious | $11,934 | $6,000 | Nov 15, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements |
Serious | $119,338 | $68,000 | Nov 15, 2019 | Final |
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 rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs |
Other-than-serious | $2,800 | $2,800 | Jun 26, 2013 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1926.502(i)(3) · Fall protection systems |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jun 26, 2013 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4) · Fall protection systems |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jun 26, 2013 | Final |
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 year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciame Construction, LLC New York · 2025 | 170 | 3 | 1 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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(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.
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