OSHA Inspection: FAIRVIEW CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(5)(i): Ramps and walkways 6 feet or more above lower levels did not have guardrail systems that comply with subpart M of this part - Fall Protection:       Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 17 feet to the ground while walking on scaffold walkways that did not have installed guardrail systems.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.     Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees using a scaffold to perform roof work had not been provided scaffolding training by the employer.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:     Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees who were not trained to recognize hazards associated with the work were directed by the employer to erect, disassemble, and move the scaffold several times during the course of the project.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:     Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge: On or about November 14, 2013, employees who were not trained to recognize fall hazards, were exposed to unprotected fall hazards approximately 17 feet to the ground below.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    (a) Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees were using an extension ladder to access a scaffold 17 feet above ground level and the side rails did not extend three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(22): Employees using ladders were carrying objects or loads that could cause the employee to lose balance and fall:     Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees carrying boxes of Grace Ice & Water Shield while ascending an extension ladder to a scaffold platform more than 17 feet above ground level were exposed to fall hazards while carrying the roofing material.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:     Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees using an extension ladder to access a scaffold platform 17 feet above ground level were not provided ladder training to recognize hazards related to ladders and in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Abate by

May 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $46,200 · Current $52,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:       Location: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees were exposed to unprotected fall hazards of approximately 17 feet to the ground below while working from tubular welded frame scaffolds.

Issued

May 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $46,200 · Current $0 Reduced

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 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: 57 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA: On or about November 14, 2013, employees were exposed to unprotected falls of approximately 17 feet while working on a residential roof.