OSHA Inspection: DAWN MELANSON CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    (a) Location - 2 Gregory Circle, Andover, MA:  On or about 6/26/2012, an employee was not utlizing eye protection while using a pneumatic nail gun.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $2,500 Reduced

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.     (a) Location - 2 Gregory Circle, Andover, MA:  On or about 6/26/2012, an employee was not protected from falling while stepping from a roof onto the platform of a wall bracket scaffold.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a):     A stairway or ladder shall be provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more.     (a) Location - 2 Gregory Circle, Andover, MA:  On or about 6/26/2012, employees were climbing out of a window and onto a wall bracket scaffold to gain access and exit off of a roof.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 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.     (a) Location - 2 Gregory Circle, Andover, MA:  On or about 6/26/2012, employees were climbing off of a roof and onto to a wall bracket scaffold an then jumping into an open window to get off of the roof.    Dawn Melanson Construction was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.451(e)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection Numbers 316312149, Citation Number 1, Item Number 001(a), Issued on 3/21/2012 with a final order date of 4/12/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 41 Primrose Street, Haverhill, MA.

Issued

Aug 31, 2012

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $11,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.    (a) Location - 2 Gregory Circle, Andover, MA:  On or about 6/26/2012, employees were  not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.    Dawn Melanson Construction was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13) and 1926.501(b)(11) which was contained in OSHA inspection Numbers 316312149, Citation Number 1, Item Number 003, Issued on 3/21/2012 with a final order date of 4/12/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 41 Primrose Street, Haverhill, MA and an additional OSHA inspection 316357151, Citation Number 1, Item Number 001, Issued on 3/22/2012 with a final order date of 4/12/2012 with respect to a workplace located at 1312 Washington Avenue, Portland, ME