OSHA has inspected Upgrade Services, LLC 4 times in New York since 2014.
The latest one began on Nov 18, 2025 on a referral, in New York.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 4 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $51,054 and still stand at $51,054.
Powered platforms for building maintenance comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.66.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Upgrade Services, LLC averages $21,327 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Upgrade Services, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company175 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007 · Janitorial Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry |
Serious | $16,550 | $16,550 | May 11, 2026 | Final |
335 W Houston Street, New York, NY 10014 · Janitorial Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
85 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 · Janitorial Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 10, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from suspended scaffold
At 8:15 a.m. on December 10, 2021, an employee was setting up his bosun chair and attaching his personal fall arrest system to the life line. The fall protection system was not secured to an anchor, and the employee fell more than 100 feet. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.30(b)(3) · Training requirements |
Other-than-serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Jun 6, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.140(c)(12) · Personal fall protection systems |
Serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Jun 6, 2022 | Final |
1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 · Janitorial Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.66(e)(11)(vi) · Powered platforms for building maintenance |
Other-than-serious | $2,800 | $2,800 | May 11, 2015 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.66(g)(3)(ii) · Powered platforms for building maintenance |
Other-than-serious | $2,100 | $2,100 | May 11, 2015 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 7a 29 CFR 1910.66(i)(1)(ii)(c) · Powered platforms for building maintenance |
Serious | $3,500 | $3,500 | May 11, 2015 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 7b 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers |
Serious | $0 | $0 | May 11, 2015 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the New York site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 105 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upgrade Services LLC New York · 2022 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| Upgrade Services New York · 2021 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 1.8 | 2.8 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Nov 16, 2025, New York: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning a vertical glass facade atop a canopy when he fell approximately 12 feet between the end of the canopy and a vertical column, resulting in fractures to his right shoulder, hip, and back. The employee was hospitalized.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.140(c)(12)
(12) Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment must be independent of any anchorage used to suspend employees or platforms on which employees work. Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment on mobile work platforms on powered industrial trucks must be attached to an overhead member of the platform, at a point located above and near the center of the platform.
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1)
(g) Training and education. (1) Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:
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