OSHA Inspection: GLENN R. BATTISTELI

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): Portable, power-driven circular saw was not equipped with a guard above and below the base plate or shoe:     (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014, employees were not protected from injuries when working with a Table Saw and Radial Arm Saw that had the guards removed.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used: To power a 10" Radial Saw.     (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014, employees were not protected from electric shock and burns from an electrical cord that was frayed.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:     (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014 an employee was working from a ladder jack scaffold platform that was not a minimum of 12 inches in width.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:   (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970   On or about 4/22/2014, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates or other adequate foundations.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.   (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970    On or about 4/22/2014, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,150 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:     (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014, an employee was not protected from falling while working from a ladder jack scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,150 Reduced

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.     (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014, pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m)   (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970   On or about, 4/22/2014, a ladder jack scaffold platform exceeded a height of twenty feet.

Issued

May 12, 2014

Abate by

Jun 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $440 · Current $250 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.    (a) Location: 202 North Street, Salem MA, 01970     On or about 4/22/2014, an employee was not instructed in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions while working on a ladder jack scaffold that was 25 feet in height without fall protection.