OSHA Inspection: LIBERTY CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a)1972 Main St., Holden, MA: On or about February 29, 2016, an employee was dry cutting cinder blocks with a concrete cutting saw without any eye or face protection.

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2):  Listed, labeled, and/or certified equipment was not installed and/or used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:    1972 Main St., Holden, MA: On or about February 29, 2016, a portable GFCI was used contrary to the instructions printed on the GFCI device and flexible extension cords were plugged into one another to extend their reach, which is contrary to the instructions printed on the label attached to the extension cords being used in this manner.

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from damage. Flexible cords and cables were passed through doorways or other pinch points, but no protection was provided to avoid damage:    a)1972 Main St., Holden, MA: On or about February 29, 2016 an extension cord was run through a doorway, which was closed against the cord causing damage to its outer sheath.

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(6): On scaffolds where scaffold planks are abutted to create a long platform, each abutted end did not rest on a separate support surface:    a)1972 Main St., Holden, MA: on or about February 29, 2016 a ladder jack and a pump jack scaffold plank(s) were abutted to create a long platform without each plank resting on a separate support surface    Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:    a)1972 Main St., Holden, MA: on or about February 29, 2016 the pump jack portion of this scaffold was not connected to the structure or ground at the bottom of the poles.     Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).

Issued

2016-03-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:      a)1972 Main St., Holden, MA: on or about February 29 , 2016 an employee was working from a scaffold plank more than 16 feet above the ground below without any fall protection.     Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).