OSHA Inspection: DAVID BUCHANAN

Issued

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(a): Employee(s) working over or near water where the danger of drowning existed, were not provided with U.S. Coast Guard approved life jacket(s) or buoyant work vest(s)    (a)Location  285 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970  On or about 3/14/13, employees were not provided coast guard approved life jackets while working over water.

Issued

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(c): Ring buoys with at least 90 feet of line were not provided and readily available for emergency rescue operations:   Location  285 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970 On or about 3/14/13, ring buoys were not provided while employees were working over water.

Issued

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.106(d): A lifesaving skiff was not immediately available at locations where employees were working over or adjacent to water:   (a)    Location - 285 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970  On or about 3/14/13, The employer did not provide a lifesaving skiff while employees were working over water.

Issued

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When 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 other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.     (a) Location - 285 Derby Street, Salem, Ma 01970   On or about 3/14/13, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

2013-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.       (a)    Location  285 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970   On or about 3/14/13, employees were not protected from falling while working from a scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.