OSHA Inspection: TONY DARCY

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use.    (a) Location - Boston Road, Billerica, MA    On or about 7/29/13, an employee was exposed to struck by hazards while using an unguarded portable electric grinder.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.    (a) Location - Boston Road, Billerica MA    On or about 8/5/13, the employees were exposed to electrical shocks and burns when the employer failed to use GFCI while working with portable power tools.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    (a) Location - Boston Road, Billerica, MA    On or about 8/5/13, the employees were exposed to electrical shock and burn hazards when working around an open conductor.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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 - Boston Road, Billerica, MA:   On or about 7/10/13, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates or other adequate foundations.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles shall be secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. When the pump jack has to pass bracing already installed, an additional brace shall be installed approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) above the brace to be passed, and shall be left in place until the pump jack has been moved and the original brace reinstalled.  (a) Location - Boston Road, Billerica, MA: On or about 7/10/13, employees exposed to falls when the employer failed to ensure the pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    (a) Location - Boston Road, Billerica, MA:   On or about 7/10/13, employees were not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.