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Start Elevator, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Newark, New Jersey · Other Building Equipment Contractors · NAICS 238290

1inspections
1citation items
$10,741current penalties
Nov 23, 2018last inspection

Start Elevator, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in New Jersey.

OSHA opened it on Nov 23, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Newark.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $11,934 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,741, down 10%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Start Elevator, LLC averages $10,741 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Start Elevator, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343617411 OPENED NOV 23, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Mar 2, 2023

455 Elizabeth Avenue Lobby Level, Newark, NJ 07112 · Other Building Equipment Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 23, 2018 (fatal): Elevator mechanic is caught between elevator car and lobby a

At 7:00 p.m. on November 23, 2018, Employee #1 was troubleshooting an elevator. In the elevator room on the roof of the building, he bypassed the door safety system with a jumper wire and did not "gain control of the elevator" by putting the elevator in the inspection mode. Employee #1, went back down to the first floor lobby of the building to the elevator location and was inside the elevator with the door opened when the elevator suddenly dropped. Employee #1 tried to climb out of the reduced opening to the lobby and while climbing through the opening to the lobby floor, the elevator car dropped a second time crushing the employee's torso between the top of the elevator car and the lobby floor. elevator car and the lobby floor.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$11,934$10,741May 21, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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