OSHA Inspection: HALE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Dec 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):   The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.     Location:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.      The employer did not train employees in the recognition and avoidance of hazards, including but not limited to, fall protection, scaffolds, electrical safety and tool guarding.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Sep 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(a): All hand and power tools and similar equipment, whether furnished by the employer or employee, were not maintained in a safe condition:    Location:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.      Employees were exposed to amputation hazards where wooden shims were used to prevent the blade guards on two electric circular saws from functioning as intended

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Aug 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:     Location:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.       Employees were exposed to an electrical hazard where the path to ground was not maintained on one circular saw where the grounding pin had been removed and on a second circular saw where the grounding pin on the extension cord used to power the saw had been removed

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:      Location:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.      An extension cord being used to power the DeWalt circular saw was broke in two places, exposing employees to the current carrying wires within.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:    Location:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA:            Employees were exposed to an electric shock hazard when using the Makita circular saw where the damaged cord was covered with electrical tape rather than being adequately repaired.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Aug 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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:  36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.       Employees were exposed to a fall over 10 feet where homemade scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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 (b) of this section provides for alternative fall protection measure.     Location: 36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.      Employees were exposed to falls from scaffold where fall protection was not provided or used.        Instance A:  Employees were exposed to fall of greater than 10 feet on interior homemade scaffold where fall protection was not provided.      Instance B:  An employee was exposed to a fall of greater than 12 feet on a carpenter bracket scaffold where fall protection was not provided.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): 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 systems or personal fall arrest systems:    Location: 36 Parker Ave., Cohasset, MA.    Instance A): The interior stairwell was not equipped with a guard rail, exposing employees to fall of up to 8 feet.    Instance B): The second floor exterior flat roof, that employees were using to store materials, was not protected by a guardrail or other fall protection system, exposing them to a fall of over 8 feet.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Jul 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one hand rail:    Location: 26 Parker St. Cohasset MA:    The eight riser stairwell between the first and second floors was not equipped with a handrail.

Issued

Jul 22, 2015

Abate by

Aug 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76cm) whichever is less were not equipped with one stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge:  Location: 26 Parker St. Cohasset MA:  The stairwell between the first and second floors was not equipped with a stair rail system on the unprotected side.