OSHA Inspection: ALPHA BUILDING CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Issued

2014-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 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.    Jobsite:  Old Road, behind the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center    Employees using power tools to remove mortar did not wear eye protection.

Issued

2014-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(9)(ii): Hook-on or attachable ladders shall be installed as soon as scaffold erection has progressed to a point that permits safe installation and use.    Jobsite:  Fabricated frame scaffolding, south side of Ellington Street between Blue Hill Avenue and Old Road    Employees erecting and using scaffolding climbed the scaffold frames.  The frames did not incorporate a ladder and external ladders were not used.

Issued

2014-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-03 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.  Jobsite:  South side of Ellington Street between Blue Hill Avenue and Old Road  Employees using a fabricated frame scaffold were not adequately trained.

Issued

2014-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).    Jobsite:  Corner of Ellington Street and Old Road    A metal fabricated frame scaffold had been erected within approximately 2 feet of a 2,800 volt power line.

Issued

2014-09-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v):     A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.  Note to paragraph (b)(2)(v): As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system. The use of a body belt in a tethering system or in a restraint system is acceptable and is regulated under 1926.502(e).