OSHA Inspection: JEAN BEAUTHIER DBA ALL CUSTOM MASONRY

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  a) The employer does not protect its employees from the fall hazards inherent in performing construction work. This was most recently observed on or about July 11, 2014 at a worksite located at 15 Cottage St., Easthampton, MA in that several employees were observed walking on a partially planked section of a tubular steel scaffold system more than 25 feet above the ground below. To abate this violation, the employer must provide sufficient equipment to fully plank the scaffolds used by its employees. The employer must train its employees in proper scaffold erection procedures and enforce those procedures when its employees are exposed to falls in excess of 10 feet while engaged in construction activities from a scaffold system.   Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).

Issued

2015-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:  a) The employer does not protect its employees from the fall hazards inherent in performing construction work. This was most recently observed on or about July 11, 2014 at a worksite located at 15 Cottage St., Easthampton, MA in that several employees were working on a tubular steel scaffold system more than 25 feet above ground below without being protected from falling to that lower level.  To abate this violation, the employer must provide fall protection equipment to its employees, train them in its proper usage and enforce that usage when its employees are exposed to falls in excess of 6 feet while engaged in construction activities.   Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).