OSHA Inspection: MARVIN VASQUEZ

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    (a) Location - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA:  On or about 4/19/17, an employee was not protected from falling while working from a scaffold platform that was not fully planked.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  (a) Location - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA: On or about 4/19/17, the employer did not ensure that the scaffold was bearing on adequate foundations.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.   (a) Location - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA: On or about 4/19/17, a tubular welded frame scaffolding was not erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2400.00 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 - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA:  On or about 4/19/17, employees were exposed to electrical shock and burns when they were working on a scaffold that was less than one foot from an energized power line.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA: On or about 4/19/17, employees were not protected from falling while working from a scaffold that was greater than 10 feet above a lower level.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · 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 - 93 Shirley Street, Winthrop, MA:  On or about 4/19/17, an employee was not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

2017-07-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $305.00 · Current $100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    (a) Location - 93 Sherly Street, Winthrop, MA:  On or about 4/19/17, the employer allowed employees to work on scaffolding without adequate training by a competent person to recognize hazards.