OSHA Inspection: JOHN MCNAMARA

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $965.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:     (a) Location: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801     On or about 4/15/2015, an employee was not protected from over head hazards while working below roofers.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $965.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold and scaffold components were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:     (a) Location: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801     On or about 4/15/2015, the employer did not ensure that the erected scaffold platform was capable of supporting the intended load.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.   (a) Location: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801   On or about 4/15/2015, a scaffold was being used which had platforms ten feet or less in length that extended over their support more than twelve inches.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801   On or about 4/15/2015, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:   (a) Location: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801   On or about 4/15/2015, an employee working from a ladder jack scaffold at a height of 19 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling.

Issued

2015-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $970.00 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):     (a) Location: 59 Bedford Road, Woburn MA, 01801     On or about 4/15/2015, an employee was not protected from falling while working on a roof at a height of 20 feet above a lower level.