BOSTON, MA —
OSHA Inspection: ABBOT BUILDING RESTORATION COMPANY, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of ABBOT BUILDING RESTORATION COMPANY, INC. in 18 TREMONT STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 339759367.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ABBOT BUILDING RESTORATION COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- 18 TREMONT STREET
- City
- BOSTON
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02108
- Mailing
- 28-32 ALLERTON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02119
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238140
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- May 22, 2014
- Abate by
- Jun 2, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person. Location: Tremont Street, Boston, MA Employees were exposed to fall hazards, eye and face injuries and head injuries where a competent person had not adequately inspected the jobsite prior to the start of work.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2940
- — Z (S) $4900
1926.100 A
- Issued
- May 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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: Jobsite Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from loose brick and flying debris, while removing mortar from a brick façade and not wearing hard hats.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1680
- — Z (S) $2800
1926.102 A01
- Issued
- May 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced
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. Location: Jobsite Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from chipped brick as well as mortar and other flying debris while using power tools and hand tools to remove old mortar from masonry joints while re-pointing a brick façade building and not wearing eye protection.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2940
- — Z (S) $4900
1926.451 G04 I
- Issued
- May 22, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $33,000 · Current $19,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms before being released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews: Location: Jobsite Employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to 4 stories from the outrigger planks to the ground below, where the guardrails of the outrigger section had been removed and personal fall arrest systems were not used.
Recent events (2)
- — I (W) $19800
- — Z (W) $33000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339759367.
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