BOSTON, MA —
OSHA Inspection: JK GLASS COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
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.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- JK GLASS COMPANY, INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 20 SOMMERSET ST
- City
- BOSTON
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02112
- Mailing
- 530 HARRISON AVENUE, BOSTON, MA 02118
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238150
- Employees
- 18
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2015
- Abate by
- Sep 14, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2015
- Abate by
- Sep 14, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2015
- Abate by
- Sep 14, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340199959.
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