OSHA Inspection: FWB CONSTRUCTION & CARPENTRY, INC

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $1,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not have a competent person conduct an inspection of the jobsite.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $0 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. Employees exposed to a fall hazard while working from a wood scaffold were not provided with scaffold training from the employer.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $1,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a. Site- Employees working from a wood scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where a competent person did not inspect the scaffold prior to each work shift.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a. Site- Employees working from a wood scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where a competent person did not erect the scaffold.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:    a. Site- Employees working from a wood scaffold were not protected from a fall hazard where the work platform was less than 10 inches wide.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $1,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a. Site- Employees working from the ground were not protected from over head struck by hazards where head protection was not worn.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 1926.102(a)(1): Employees were not provided with eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:    a. Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns were not protected from eye injuries where eye protection was not worn.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,988 · Current $1,494 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    a. Site- An employee was exposed to a fall hazard while working from a Werner 6 foot step ladder in the closed position.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:   a. Site- An employee was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on the top and top step of a Werner 6 foot step ladder in the closed position.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $20,914 · Current $10,456 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. Site- Employees working from a wood scaffold were exposed to a fall of 13 feet where fall protection was not utilized.    FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1053028, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 24, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 10 Atlantic Crossing, Swampscott, MA 01907.    FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 950268, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 21, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1257 Elm Street, Concord, MA 01742.    FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313593451, citation number 2, item number 1, with respect to a workplace located at Whitman Circle, Lexington, MA 02420.    FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313124232, citation number 1, item number 5 and was affirmed as a final order on June 24, 2009, with respect to a workplace located at 63 Cornbridge Street, Concord, MA 01460.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  a. Site- Employees working from the roof were exposed to a fall of 10 feet where fall protection was not utilized.  FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1053028, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 24, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 10 Atlantic Crossing, Swampscott, MA 01907.  FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 950268, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 21, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1257 Elm Street, Concord, MA 01742.  FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313593451, citation number 2, item number 1, with respect to a workplace located at Whitman Circle, Lexington, MA 02420.  FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313124232, citation number 1, item number 5 and was affirmed as a final order on June 24, 2009, with respect to a workplace located at 63 Cornbridge Street, Concord, MA 01460.

Issued

Jul 19, 2017

Abate by

Aug 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,976 · Current $0 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:    a. Site- Employees working from the roof without fall protection were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.    FWB Construction & Carpentry, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 950268, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on February 21, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1257 Elm Street, Concord, MA 01742.