OSHA Inspection: R&M CONSTRUCTION SVS INC.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

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:  Employees were exposed to struck by hazards from construction debris and dropped tools and materials while working, and were not protected by hard hats.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fire and burn hazards where flammable and combustible materials were in use and no fire extinguishers were present.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards as well as crushing hazards and others associated with scaffolding collapse where  a job-built scaffold was constructed and used that was not designed by a qualified person.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a job-built scaffold that was not fully planked

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while framing and installing rafters from a job-built scaffold that did not have at least 18 inch wide platforms.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilivered end  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to falls of over 30 feet from a job built scaffold to the ground below where a job built scaffold had unsupported planks that extended over two feet over the edge of the bearer as well as the house itself.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(7): On scaffolds where platforms are overlapped to create a long platform, the overlap did not occur only over supports:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards where scaffold planks were not overlapped over bearing members while framing rafters on a job-built scaffold.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jul 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii)  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 25 feet from a roof-line to the ground below, where untrained employees framing and installing roof rafters were unable to recognize or avoid the hazards, or to wear and use personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $2,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to struck-by and crushing hazards from a load of lumber that had been hoisted by a Caterpillar model TH360B Telehandler and left unattended.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $3,080

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards on a jobsite where aluminum ladders were used to access upper levels that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface and no grasping devices were used or provided.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $30,800 · Current $30,800

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):   Employees were exposed to fall hazards of over 25 feet from the second floor to the ground below, while working where fall protection had not been used or provided.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards, scaffold collapse hazards, struck-by and fire hazards where a competent person did not adequately inspect the jobsite prior to the start of work.   The Company, R&M Construction Svs Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1061683, citation number 1, item number 1(a) and was affirmed as a final order on 7/22/15, with respect to a workplace located at Constitution Avenue, Littleton, MA.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to eye injuries and blindness from struck by hazards associated with  ricocheted nails and flying debris while operating pneumatic nail guns and not wearing safety glasses.   The Company, R&M Construction Svs Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1061683, citation number 1, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on 7/22/15, with respect to a workplace located at Constitution Avenue, Littleton, MA.

Issued

Jun 7, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $6,160

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Location:  Jobsite  Employees were exposed to fall hazards while framing and installing rafters from a job-built scaffold that was fraught with defects and had not been inspected by a competent person.   The Company, R&M Construction Svs Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1061683, citation number 1, item number 1(b) and was affirmed as a final order on 7/22/15, with respect to a workplace located at Constitution Avenue, Littleton, MA.