OSHA Inspection: STEVE PROULX

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.     (a)    Location: 166-174 Central Street, Lowell, MA   On or about 11/18/13, the employer did not provide proper access to a scaffold.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.     (a)    Location: 166-174 Central Street, Lowell, MA   On or about 11/18/13, fall protection was not provided while employees were on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2013-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.   (a)    Location: 166-174 Central Street, Lowell, MA  On or about 11/18/13, employees working on a scaffold were not provided training to recognize the hazards of working on a scaffold.