OSHA Inspection: TOM DEARY

Issued

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:   (a) Location: 1580 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA, 02420   On or about 4/26/2013, an employee was not protected from over head hazards while working below roofers.

Issued

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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: 1580 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA, 02420    On or about 4/26/2013, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates or other adequate foundations.

Issued

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toe-boards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   (a) Location: 1580 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA, 02420    On or about 4/26/2013, an employee was not protected from falling while working on a roof at a height of 12-15 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladders length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.   (a) Location: 1580 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA, 02420    On or about 4/26/2013, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface, nor was the ladder secured to a rigid support.