OSHA Inspection: MANUEL PINGUIL

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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:   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on base plates or other adequate foundations.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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.     (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4): Parts of a scaffold that were damaged or weakened, such that the scaffold's strength was less than that required by paragraph (a) of this section, were not immediately repaired, replaced, braced to meet those provisions, nor removed from service until repaired.   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, employees were exposed to hazards while working on a pump jack scaffold system with a damaged metal plank.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

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: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, employees were not protected from falling while working from a scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): A ladder was used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, an extension ladder was split apart, and one section was used to ascend/descend the roof of a residential structure.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, employees were not protected while working around energized electrical circuits.  Manny Panguel was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312346547, citation number 01, item number 003 and was affirmed as a final order on (8/19/2010), with respect to a workplace located at 17 Harvey Street, Pawtucket RI, 02860.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, an employee was not protected from falling while working on a roof greater than six feet above a lower level.  Manny Panguel was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312346547, citation number 01, item number 004 and was affirmed as a final order on (8/19/2010), with respect to a workplace located at 17 Harvey Street, Pawtucket RI, 02860.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards.  Manny Panguel was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312346547, citation number 01, item number 005 and was affirmed as a final order on (8/19/2010), with respect to a workplace located at 17 Harvey Street, Pawtucket RI, 02860.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $6160.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where a portable ladder was used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.     (a) Location: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, an employee was not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.  Manny Panguel was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312346547, citation number 01, item number 006 and was affirmed as a final order on (8/19/2010), with respect to a workplace located at 17 Harvey Street, Pawtucket RI, 02860.

Issued

2014-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $440.00 · Current $440.00

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: 20 Essex Street, Swampscott MA, 01907   On or about 7/22/2014, the employer allowed employees to work on a pump jack scaffold system without adequate training by a competent person to recognize hazards.