Category: Safety

DOB WORKER WALLET

DOB Worker Wallet

Posted on | by sebastian

NYC contractors who want to work on ground-up construction of 1, 2, or 3 family homes need be a registered General contractor.

NYC DOB-approved course provided began issuing the DOB Worker Wallet card on November 1, 2024.  The Worker Wallet will hold all your certification information in one place. It eliminates the need to carry multiple cards.  All existing qualification cards issued before November 1, 2024, must be replaced by the Worker Wallet card by July 1, 2025. 

Anyone with the following certifications must upgrade to a Worker Wallet card:

  • Mast Climber User/Operator and Refresher
  • Climber/Tower Crane Rigger
  • Rigger Supervisor/Rigger Worker
  • Supported Scaffold User/Installer/Remover
  • Suspended Scaffold User/Supervisor
  • Periodic Gas Piping Inspector

The Worker Wallet is validated on the Training Connect app. The Training Connect app can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple App store. 

Site Safety professionals can use the Training Connect app. This ensures that all workers on a job site who require the necessary qualification possess valid certifications. 

Please note that the Worker Wallet Card does not replace SST (Site Safety Training) cards.  These cards will remain separate cards for the time being. They will eventually be linked to an individual’s profile in Training Connect. 

DOB NOW: Safety Boiler

NYC Boilers 

Posted on | by sebastian

In NYC, all mixed-use, commercial and residential (6 family or more) buildings must have an annual boiler inspection or risk receiving violations. 

A licensed master plumber or an authorized insurance company representative must perform an annual boiler inspection once a year.  You must file the results of that inspection by December 31st . If you do not the DOB will issue a failure to file violation to the property owner. Penalties are $1000* for each failure to file violation. 

New boiler installations and boilers that have had more than half of the boiler components replaced must undergo an inspection by the Dept. of Buildings which they call the First Test Inspection.  You are not required to file the annual inspection report for that first inspection year. 

Buildings with high pressure boilers must have two inspections: an internal inspection and an external inspection. Inspectors must contact the DOB before performing the internal inspection. You must be conduct both inspections in the same cycle. However, they have to be done six months apart and performed by an authorized insurance company. 

Buildings with low pressure boilers must be inspected annually including buildings with H-stamp domestic water heaters that have more that 350,000 BTUs.  

Annual boiler inspections are not required for residential buildings with 5 or less units, or in buildings where each residential unit has an individual boiler. This includes the residential portion of mixed-use buildings.  Buildings rated at in input of less than 100,000 BTUs is also exempt from annual boiler inspections. 

For any violations issued, penalties must be paid on DOB NOW: Safety. Reach out to S&M Expediting if you need assistance with resolving annual boiler violations. 

*penalties for failure to file issued between 1992 and 2008 are either $500 or $1500 depending on building size.