OSHA Inspection: DARYL PROVENCHER

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.    Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:  On or about 08/16/2013, the employer failed to ensure that an employee was protected from overhead hazards while working below roofing operations.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1760.00 · Current $1760.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In an energized installation, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy.   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:  On or about 08/16/2013, employees were exposed to electrical shock from an outlet which did not have a faceplate.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:   On or about 08/16/2013, a ladder jack scaffold platform extended over its supports greater than eighteen inches.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 were not protected by a personal fall arrest system;   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:    On or about 08/16/2013, the employer failed ensure that employees working from a ladder jack scaffold were protected from falling.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms shall not exceed a height of 20 feet (6.1 m).   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:    On or about 08/16/2013, the employer failed ensure that the ladder jack scaffold platforms did not exceed twenty feet in height.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:     On or about 08/16/2013, employees were not provided with and did not use eye protection while operating pneumatic nail guns.    The, Daryl Provencher DBA Provencher Home Improvments was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard CFR 1926.102 (a) (1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871574, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on March 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 26 Oakland St., Salem, MA.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3520.00 · Current $3520.00

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.   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:     On or about 08/16/2013, employees were not provided with and did not use eye protection while operating pneumatic nail guns.   The, Daryl Provencher DBA Provencher Home Improvments was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard CFR 1926.404 (b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871574, Citation number 1, Item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on March 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 26 Oakland St., Salem, MA.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): "Steep roofs." Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:     On or about 08/16/2013, employees were not protected from falling while working from a steep roof over twenty-five feet above a lower level.   The, Daryl Provencher DBA Provencher Home Improvments was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard CFR 1926. 501 (b) (13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871574, Citation number 1, Item number 3a and was affirmed as a final order on March 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 26 Oakland St., Salem, MA.

Issued

2013-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.    29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:   Location - 103 Tremont Street, Peabody, MA:      On or about 08/16/2013, the employer failed to ensure that portable ladders used for access extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.   Daryl Provencher DBA Provencher Home Improvements was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard CFR 1926.1053 (b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315871574, Citation number 1, Item number 3b and was affirmed as a final order on March 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 26 Oakland St., Salem, MA.