OSHA Inspection: ALPHA STEEL ERECTORS, INC.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2536.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(8): Horizontal lifelines shall be designed, installed, and used, under the supervision of a qualified person, as part of a complete personal fall arrest system, which maintains a safety factor of at least two.    Location - 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 7, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of greater than twenty feet in height to lower level while being attached to horizontal lifelines (two separate lines) that were not designed by a qualified person or manufactured for lifeline/fall protection use. These two lifelines did not maintain a safety factor of two.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11): Lifelines were not protected against being cut or abraded:    Location - 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 7, 2017, employees were not protected from falling greater than twenty feet to lower level while using a "3/8 DIA Vertical Choker Basket" used as a horizontal lifeline that was not protected against being cut or abraded. The line was wrapped around the sharp edges of an I-beam then attached to roof anchors.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.758(g): Purlins and girts shall not be used as an anchorage point for a fall arrest system unless written approval is obtained from a qualified person.    Location - 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 7, 2017, employees were exposed to a fall hazard greater than twenty feet above lower level when their fall protection system anchors were attached to purlins.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5071.00 · Current $2536.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Location - 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 7, 2017, employees were walking/working on a roof at a height greater than twenty feet above lower level without receiving fall protection training.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $5070.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.    Location: 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 7, 2017, employees were not protected from falling while engaged in steel erection roofing activities on an unprotected roof edge which was greater than twenty feet in height above lower level.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $50700.00 · Current $32109.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.    Location: 121 Donald Lynch Blvd, Marlborough, MA 01752.  On or about May 12, 2017, employees were not protected from falling while engaged in steel erection roofing activities from an elevated work surface greater than twenty feet above lower level.