OSHA Inspection: TWIN PINES CONSTRUCTION INC. / TELES CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $1,760

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that supported scaffold uprights were placed on mud sills or other adequate foundations.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):     Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that scaffolds were erected by a competent person.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.  Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that each employee working on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was provided with fall protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii):     Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that scaffold platforms greater than 10 feet in length did not extend more than 18 inches over its support.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11):     "Steep roofs." Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that employees working on steep roofs were provided with fall protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14):     "Wall openings." Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, shall be protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that employees working near wall openings were provided with fall protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501 (b)(10): "Roofing work on Low-slope roofs." Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see Appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that employees working on a low-sloped roofs were provided with fall protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:  On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that scaffold platforms were fully planked.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:  On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that employees working in an aerial lift were provided with fall protection.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:    On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to ensure that workers were provided with appropriate access to scaffolds.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    (a) Location - 50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:  On or about 5/2/12, the employer did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite.     The Twin Pines / Teles Construction Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 315092296, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1, issued on 12/14/2010 with respect to a workplace located at 536-540 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA.

Issued

Sep 5, 2012

Abate by

Oct 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Non-mandatory Appendix A to this subpart contains examples of criteria that will enable an employer to comply with paragraph (a) of this section.    (a) Location  50 Network Drive, Burlington, MA:  On or about 5/2/12, the employer failed to have a qualified person design and construct scaffolds.      The Twin Pines / Teles Construction Company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 315556688, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1, issued on 9/30/2011, with respect to a workplace located at 5 Skilton Lane, Burlington, MA.