OSHA Inspection: JBJ EQUIPMENT CORPORATION

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1850.00 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:     (a) Location: Cook Lane, Marlborough MA, 01752     On or about 8/28/2014, an employee was not protected from over head hazards while working below the bucket of an excavator that was dumping stone into a trench.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.     (a) Location: Cook Lane, Marlborough MA, 01752     On or about 8/28/2014, the employer did not ensure excavated material and equipment were kept back 2 feet from the edge of the excavation.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(c) and 29 CFR 1926.652(b).     (a) Location: Cook Lane, Marlborough MA, 01752     On or about 8/28/2014, employees were not protected from a trench cave-in or collapse while working in a trench greater than 5 feet in depth.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:     (a) Location: Cook Lane, Marlborough MA, 01752     On or about 8/28/2014, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2014-09-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(iii): Manufacturer's specifications, recommendations, and limitations, and manufacturer's approval to deviate from the specifications, recommendations, and limitations were not in written form at the jobsite during construction of trench.   (a) Location: Cook Lane, Marlborough MA, 01752   On or about 8/28/2014, employees were working in a trench over 5 feet in depth with a trench box onsite that did not have the written tabulated data available on the jobsite.