OSHA Inspection: SSAS DEVELOPMENT, LLC

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Abate by

May 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):    (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, carpenter bracket scaffolds were not fully planked.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Abate by

May 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:  (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:  On or about 3/16/2015, safe means of access was not provided for carpenter bracket scaffolds.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, employees working in proximity to wall openings were not protected from falling.    (b) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, employees working in proximity to floor openings were not protected from falling.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any object which is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself:    (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, the vertical lifeline of a personal fall arrest system was wrapped around framing members and attached directly its own rope.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage used for attachment for personal fall arrest equipment was not capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached nor was it designed, installed and used as follows: As part of a complete personal fall arrest system which maintains a safety factor of at least two; and under the supervision of a qualified person:  (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:  On or about 3/16/2015, the anchorage point for a personal fall arrest system was established by wrapping the lifeline around two wooden framing members of an interior wall.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Abate by

May 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:  On or about 3/16/2015, a personal fall arrest system was in use that would not have prevented contact with the ground.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4): All covers were not color coded or marked with the word "HOLE" or "COVER" to provide warning of the hazard:  (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:  On or about 3/16/2015, a floor opening cover was not marked.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, a self supporting ladder was used in the closed position.

Issued

Apr 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:    (a) Location 498 Lowell Street, Lexington, MA:    On or about 3/16/2015, the outer jacket of the power cord of a Hitachi circular saw was worn.