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OSHA Inspection: JK GLASS COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Referral inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of JK GLASS COMPANY, INCORPORATED in 20 SOMMERSET ST, BOSTON, MA 02112 (NAICS 238150). OSHA activity number 340199959.

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OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
20 SOMMERSET ST
City
BOSTON
State
MA
ZIP
02112
Mailing
530 HARRISON AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02118
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
A
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238150
Employees
18
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.451 B01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Apr 22, 2015
Abate by
Sep 14, 2016
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolding was not fully planked or decked:    Location: 20 Somerset St. Boston MA:    The tubular welded scaffold being used to access and store the building's southeast corner swing staging, was not fully planked.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (O) $3430
  • — C (S) $4900
  • — Z (S) $4900

1926.451 C02 II

Other-than-serious 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Apr 22, 2015
Abate by
Sep 14, 2016
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:    Location: 20 Somerset St. Boston MA:     The sill plates of the scaffold being used to land the swing staging, were not all sitting level and on stable objects, in that they were on blocks of concrete and wood that wasn't level and protected from displacement.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (O) $2450
  • — C (S) $3500
  • — Z (S) $3500

1926.451 E01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Apr 22, 2015
Abate by
Sep 14, 2016
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:    Location: 20 Somerset St. Boston MA:    Employees were using the end rails of tubular welded scaffold to access swing staging where an alternative means was not provided.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $3430
  • — C (S) $4900
  • — Z (S) $4900

1926.451 G01

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Apr 22, 2015
Abate by
Apr 30, 2015
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:  Location: 20 Somerset St. Boston MA:  An end rail was not installed to prevent employees from a fall of over 10 feet, on the scaffold to the right of the ladder.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $3500
  • — Z (S) $3500

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