OSHA Inspection: MAXWELL TREJO

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841     On or about 9/2/2014, employees were not protected while working in close proximity to overhead power lines.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $750.00 Reduced

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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841     On or about 9/2/2014, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

2014-09-26 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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841  On or about 9/2/2014, the employer did not ensure that damaged, split, stressed or worn scaffold planks were taken out of service prior to use.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   (a) Location: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841   On or about 9/2/2014, pump-jack scaffolding systems were not erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841     On or about 9/2/2014, employees were not protected from falling while working from a pump-jack scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841     On or about 9/2/2014, pump jack scaffold poles were not secured at the bottom or mid-section.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $250.00 Reduced

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: 91-95 Newbury Street, Lawrence MA, 01841     On or about 9/2/2014, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards.