ALBION, ME ·
OSHA Inspection: KENNEBEC HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe health inspection of KENNEBEC HOME IMPROVEMENTS in 120 MARDEN SHORE ROAD, ALBION, ME 04910 (NAICS 236118). OSHA activity number 334295912.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- KENNEBEC HOME IMPROVEMENTS
- Site address
- 120 MARDEN SHORE ROAD
- City
- ALBION
- State
- ME
- ZIP
- 04910
- Mailing
- 29 NORTH STREET, AUGUSTA, ME 04330
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236118
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.305 C
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 24, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.305(c): When it was necessary to provide a firm foundation, the base of the jack was not blocked or cribbed securely. A wood block was not placed between the cap and the load where there was a possibility of slippage of the metal cap of the jack: a) Underneath East Side of Summer Cottage - Employer failed to provide a firm foundation to adequately support four Pro-lift 12 ton automotive bottle jacks. The 4 jacks were piled on blocks, supporting the structure, on soft, unleveled, and unstable ground. The base of the four automotive bottle jacks was placed on 8" x 8" x 2" blocks piled 8 high and the blocks were on top of a 6" x 6"x 2' pressure treated block setting on water saturated ground. b) Summer Cottage - The employer used 6 1/4 " by 7" by 1/4 " metal plates between jack cap/saddle and load of structure; increasing the probability of slippage.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $3080
- · C (S) $3080
- · Z (S) $3080
1926.305 D01 I
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 24, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.305(d)(1)(i): The load was not cribbed, blocked, or otherwise secured at once after the load had been raised: Summer Cottage - Employees were exposed to an un-cribbed, unblocked raised 12 ton load. The summer cottage was jacked up 3 to 5 inches by four 12 ton automotive bottle jacks and not immediately supported.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $3080
- · C (S) $3080
- · Z (S) $3080
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 24, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s): Summer Cottage - Kennebec Home Improvements did not provide for frequent and regular inspection of job site conditions, stability of structure before and during raising and leveling and the proper operating condition and set-up of equipment.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $3080
- · C (S) $3080
- · Z (S) $3080
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury: Summer Cottage - Employees were not instructed in the avoidance and recognition of hazards while working under a raised structure.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 334295912.
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