OSHA Inspection: HOME DEPOT EXTERIOR SERVICES

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6413.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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 cantilevered end    (a) Location - 230 School Street, Waltham, MA:  On or about 4/19/16, the employer failed to arrange the scaffold planking so it extended 18 inches or less beyond the end support bracket.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8017.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6)    (a) Location - 230 School Street, Waltham, MA:  On or about 4/19/16, the employer set up scaffolding that was within three (3) feet from the electrical service drop.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7839.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another.  (a) Location - 230 School Street, Waltham, MA:  On or about 4/19/16, ladder jack scaffold platforms (wood and metal) were bridged to one another.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8017.00 · Current $0.00 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 1926.501 (b):   (a) Location - 230 School Street, Waltham, MA:  On or about 4/19/16, the employer failed to provide fall protection for employees engaged in roofing work 22 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4811.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  (a) Location - 230 School Street, Waltham, MA:  On or about 4/19/16, the employer failed to set up an access ladder to a scaffold so the side rails of the ladder extended at least 3 feet beyond the upper landing surface.