OSHA Inspection: BOSTON MASONRY, INC.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $1,770 Reduced

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.    (a) Location - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, eye and face protective equipment was not used while employees used a circular saw.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use.    a) Location - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, employees were not protected from injuries when working with a portable table saw that had the guard removed.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    a) Location - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from scaffold platforms that had spaces greater then 1 inch between adjacent units.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $0 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 - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, proper access to scaffolds was not provided.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $0 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 - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, employees working from a scaffold greater than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.    a) Location - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, employees were working from scaffolding near the end without guardrails installed.

Issued

Feb 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,183 · Current $2,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    a) Location - 1262 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138    On or about 9/21/2016, employees were not protected from falling while working from a low slope roof greater than 25 feet above a lower level.