OSHA Inspection: GUALLPA CONTRACTING CORP

Issued

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Employees shall be provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations present potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, employees performing roofing activities were not provided with eye protection when the work required it.

Issued

2016-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, shall: be rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level;  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, employees performing roofing activities were using a fall protection system that would not limit the fall distance less than 6 feet.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, employees were not protected from overhead hazards while working below a roofing operation.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $3080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, employees were working on a roof adjacent to energized secondary power lines.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $15400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest systems.  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, employees working on a roof 18 feet 8 inches above the ground were not protected from falling to the ground below.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $15400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.  (a) Location - 16 Meadowvale Road, Burlington, Massachusetts: On or about March 16, 2016, the employer did not provide fall hazard training to employees who would be exposed to falls greater than 6 feet above the ground.