SOUTHBOROUGH, MA —
OSHA Inspection: METROWEST TUNNELERS
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of METROWEST TUNNELERS in 256 BOSTON RD, SOUTHBOROUGH, MA 01772 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 300504875.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- METROWEST TUNNELERS
- Site address
- 256 BOSTON RD
- City
- SOUTHBOROUGH
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01772
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1622
- Employees
- 98
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 18, 1998
- Abate by
- May 21, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $900
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazard of falling on or into protruding rebar. One feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to place protective caps on the ends of the rebar. A) LOCATION: BORED SECTION OF TUNNEL EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO PROTRUDING REBAR WHEN STANDING ON THE END PLATFORM OF THE TBM DURING BORING OPERATIONS. THE REBAR, PLACED THERE FOR CABLE SUPPORT, WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 FT ABOVE THE PLATFORM, PRESENTING A POTENTIAL EYE AND FACE HAZARD IF ONE WERE TO FALL OR WALK INTO THEM. IN ADDITION, IN SEVERAL OTHER AREAS ALONG THE FLOOR OF THE TUNNEL, THERE WERE 2 FT SECTIONS OF REBAR STICKING UP FOR CABLE SUPPORT AND THEY WERE NOT CAPPED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S) $900.00
1926.102 A01
- Issued
- May 18, 1998
- Abate by
- May 21, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $450 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $450.00
- — Z (S) $900.00
1926.408 A04 II
- Issued
- May 18, 1998
- Abate by
- May 21, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $3000.00
- — Z (S) $3000.00
1926.453 B02 IX
- Issued
- May 18, 1998
- Abate by
- May 21, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $675
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (S) $675.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 300504875.
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