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Vanguard Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Teaneck, New Jersey · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

2inspections
7citation items
$8,641current penalties
Feb 20, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Vanguard Construction 2 times in New Jersey since 2013.

The latest one began on Feb 20, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Teaneck.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,409 and now stand at $8,641, 53% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Vanguard Construction averages $6,241 (1 cited inspection).

Vanguard Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344643317 OPENED FEB 20, 2020Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2023

704 Palisades Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$2,425Mar 23, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$2,429Mar 23, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$2,313$1,388Mar 23, 2020Final

Inspection 339614950 OPENED DEC 11, 2013Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 13, 2016

683 Suffern Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 · Siding Contractors · 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
 Other-than-serious$1,600$0May 7, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Other-than-serious$1,600$0May 7, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$2,800$1,400May 7, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$2,000$1,000May 7, 2014Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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