MERRIMAC, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: LEBLANC AND SON WINDOW & SIDING
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of LEBLANC AND SON WINDOW & SIDING in 35 EAST MAIN STREET, MERRIMAC, MA 01860 (NAICS 238170). OSHA activity number 336652383.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- LEBLANC AND SON WINDOW & SIDING
- Site address
- 35 EAST MAIN STREET
- City
- MERRIMAC
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01860
- Mailing
- PO BOX 5389, BRADFORD, MA 01835
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 238170
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 C02 I
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 27, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement: Location: 35 East Main Street, Merrimac, MA On or about 10/2/12, workers on an aluma-pole pump jack scaffold did not secure the poles footings of the aluma-pole pump jack scaffold to a base plate.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1000
- · Z (S) $2000
1926.452 J02
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 27, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. Location: 35 East Main Street, Merrimac, MA On or about 10/2/12, workers on an aluma-pole pump jack scaffold did not secure the poles of the aluma-pole pump jack scaffold to the structure with a tie back device.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012
- Abate by
- Nov 27, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced
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. Location: 35 East Main Street, Merrimac, MA On or about 10/2/12, workers working from an alum-pole pump jack scaffold were not trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and procedures to control or minimize those hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $2000
1926.1053 A08
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(8): A metal spreader or locking device was not provided on each stepladder to hold the front and back sections in an open position when the ladder was being used: Location: 35 East Main Street, Merrimac, MA On or about 10/2/12, a worker accessed the work platform of the aluma-pole pump jack scaffold with an unopened portable step ladder, exposing the employee to fall hazards of greater than 7 feet.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1000
- · Z (S) $2000
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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 336652383.
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