OSHA Inspection: PETER BERUBE

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1404.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm)    (a) Location - Bruce Street, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, employee were exposed to falls working from a scaffold platform whose planks did not overlap six inches.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    (a) Location - Bruce Road, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates or other adequate foundations.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): scaffold platforms were 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 - Bruce Street, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, the employer failed to ensure proper access to scaffolds and other structures were provided.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    (a) Location - Bruce Road, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse and falls when the employer failed to ensure scaffolding was erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    (a) Location - Bruce Road, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, the employer allowed employees to work on scaffolding without adequate training by a competent person to recognize hazards.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1404.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b)  Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502.    (a) Location - Bruce Road, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working on a roof without fall protection.

Issued

2012-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1404.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    (a) Location - Bruce Road, Concord, MA:  On or about 7/21/12, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.