OSHA Inspection: DANIEL ROGERS

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.   (a) Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/8/2013, eye and face protective equipment was not used when an employee was using a pneumatic nail gun and electric grinder.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/8/2013, employees were not protected from injuries when working with an electric powered hand grinder that had the guard removed.

Issued

2013-12-02 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:   (a) Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/8/2013, employees working from a ladder jack scaffold greater than ten feet above a lower level were not protected from falling.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:   (a)  Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471    On or about 11/8/2013, employees were not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   (a) Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/8/2013, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:   (a) Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/14/2013, employees were exposed to a fall from a ladder which had not been inspected for visible defects.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.   (a) Location: 56 Standish Road, Watertown MA, 02471   On or about 11/8/2013, portable ladders that were damaged were not withdrawn from service.