Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1489238.015 - Jozefko Construction Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1489238.015

Report ID: 0215000

Date Opened: 08/20/2020

Site Address:
Jozefko Construction Inc.
1465 56th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219

Mailing Address:
1854 65th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11204

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 236115/New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders)

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/20/2020

Emphasis: L:Fall

Case Closed: 08/12/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1648103	Yes	Yes
Accident	1651147

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$4,096	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,096
Current Penalty	$3,686	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,686
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260501 B13	02/18/2021		$3,686	$4,096	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 128841.015

Event: 08/20/2020

Employee dies after falling through floor opening

At 1:30 p.m. on August 20, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were working at a four-story multifamily residential construction project. They was dismantling framing around a bathroom floor opening as a result of design plan changes. Employee #1, who was wearing a hardhat but no fall protection, fell through the unsecured 3-foot by 3-foot floor opening, a fall height of 10 feet, and struck his head on the stairs below the opening. He sustained blunt force traumatic head injuries. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Opening, Framing, Hard Hat, Head, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Unguarded Fl Opening, Unsecured

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1489238.015	70	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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