OSHA Inspection: EAST COAST CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC.

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Location: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA    On or about 11/19/13, workers on the ground were not wearing hard hats and were exposed to overhead struck-by hazards while underneath workers installing exterior insulation from an aluma-pole pump jack scaffold.

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Abate by

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not 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: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA, North East side of building    On or about 11/19/13, #1 aluma-pole pump jack scaffold platform  overhung past the upright more than 8-feet exposing the workers to fall hazards of up to 20-feet.

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Abate by

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Location: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA  On or about 11/19/13, workers installing insulation and siding from the following aluma-pole pump jack scaffolds did not install a base plate underneath each upright of the scaffold and were exposed to fall hazards of up to 20-feet;  1.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold #1 at the North East side of the building 2.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold #2 at the North East side of the building 3.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold at the North side of the building

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Abate by

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Location: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA  On or about 11/19/13, workers installing insulation and siding from the following aluma-pole pump jack scaffold did not secure the poles of the aluma-pole pump jack scaffold to the structure with a tie back device at the bottom of the scaffold;  1.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold #1 at the North East side of the building 2.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold #2 at the North East side of the building 3.  Aluma-pole pump jack scaffold at the North side of the building

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Abate by

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    Location: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA     On or about 11/19/13, workers were not provided with fall protection while installing insulation and siding from the aluma-pole pump jack scaffolds and were exposed to fall hazards of up to 20-feet.

Issued

Feb 10, 2014

Abate by

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 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.    Location: 701 - 706 Farms Drive Burlington, MA    On or about 11/19/13, workers performing tasks from the aluma-pole pump jack scaffolds were not trained by a qualified person to recognize hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and procedures to control or minimize those hazards.