BEDFORD, MA —
OSHA Inspection: WR CONTRACTING CORP
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of WR CONTRACTING CORP in 366 CONCORD ROAD, BEDFORD, MA 01730 (NAICS 238160). OSHA activity number 340969922.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- WR CONTRACTING CORP
- Site address
- 366 CONCORD ROAD
- City
- BEDFORD
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01730
- Mailing
- 422 MYSTIC AVENUE #502, SOMERVILLE, MA 02145
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238160
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 12, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced
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. Crossbraces were used as a means of access: (a) Location - 366 Concord Road, Bedford, MA: On or about 10/7/2015, safe access was not provided to the platform of a ladder jack scaffold eighteen feet above the ground.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1680
- — Z (S) $2800
1926.452 K05
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 12, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Ladder jack scaffold platforms were bridged on to one another: (a) Location - 366 Concord Road, Bedford, MA: On or about 10/7/2015, the platforms of a ladder jack scaffold were bridged over a single support.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 12, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section: (a) Location - 366 Concord Road, Bedford, MA: On or about 10/7/2015, an employee was not protected from falling while working from a ladder jack scaffold that was eighteen feet above the ground.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1680
- — Z (S) $2800
1926.1053 B05 I
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 12, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder Reference 29 CFR 1926.452(k)(2): (a) Location - 366 Concord Road, Bedford, MA: On or about 10/7/2015, the angle of the extension ladder supporting the middle of a ladder jack scaffold was too broad. (b) Location - 366 Concord Road, Bedford, MA: On or about 10/7/2015, the angle of the extension ladder supporting the end of a ladder jack scaffold was too steep.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1680
- — Z (S) $2800
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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 340969922.
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