OSHA Inspection: JONATHAN KINGSBURY

Issued

2014-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 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:  959 Hixville Road, Dartmouth, MA  Employees were exposed to eye injuries while using a pneumatic nail gun to install asphalt roofing shingles without wearing safety glasses or other eye protection.

Issued

2014-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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:  959 Hixville Road Dartmouth, MA  The Employer did not provide a competent person to supervise and direct the erection of the carpenter's bracket scaffold and the job-built scaffold.

Issued

2014-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   959 Hixville Road, Dartmouth, MA  A worker was exposed to a fall of approximately 12-feet from the roof eave to the ground below while installing asphalt shingles on a 9 pitch roof with no fall protection.

Issued

2014-12-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-01-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  959 Hixville Road, Dartmouth, MA  A worker was exposed to fall hazards of up to 12-feet while using a fiberglass extension ladder to access the platform of the job-built scaffold where the ladder side rails extended less than 1-foot above the platform.