OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL DOYLE

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $1020.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA  On or about 4/19/13, employees working on the ground performing roofing work were not wearing hard hats and were exposed to overhead struck-by hazards.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA  On or about 4/19/13, the employer did not fully plank the ladder jack scaffold prior to the workers accessing the platforms exposing the workers to fall hazards of up to 10-feet, 8-inches.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA  On or about 4/19/13, workers were exposed to fall hazards of 10-feet, 8-inches while working from two ladder jack scaffolds bridged together.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).  Location: 43 Newbury Street, Peabody, MA  On or about 4/19/13, workers were exposed to electric shock hazards while working from the ladder jack scaffold within three feet of un-insulated live electrical overhead power lines.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA   On or about 4/19/13, workers were not provided with fall protection while working from a ladder jack scaffold and were exposed to fall hazards of up to 10-feet, 8-inches.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each 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 1926.501 (b):  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA   On or about 4/19/13, a worker was exposed to fall hazards of greater than 15-feet while working from an 8-pitch roof without a fall protection system.

Issued

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1700.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  Location: 9 Forest Street, Middleton, MA  On or about 4/19/13, workers were exposed to fall hazards of greater than 10-feet, 8-inches while working from the ladder jack scaffold that was supported by one separated 32-foot Wernher extension ladder.