OSHA Inspection: BIDA PAINTING, LLC

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1900.00

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) Location - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, two employees working on the ground beneath another employee on a ladder jack scaffold were not provided hard hats.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $0.00 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 - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, safe access was not provided to a ladder jack scaffold platform more than ten feet above the ground.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold greater than ten (10) feet above the lower level was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    (a) Location - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, employees working on a ladder jack scaffold greater than ten feet above the lower level were not protected from falling by a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms of ladder jack scaffolds exceeded a height of 20 feet:    (a) Location - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, the platform of a ladder jack scaffold was erected at a height greater than twenty feet.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12): Ladders used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment did not have nonconductive side rails:    (a) Location - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, an aluminum extension ladder was used by an employee in close proximity to the electrical service entrance conductors.

Issued

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $305.00 · Current $100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(g)(1)(i): The employer did not provide, at no cost to the employee, and ensure that the employee used appropriate protective work clothing and equipment that prevented contamination of the employee and the employee's garments, such as, but not limited to coveralls or similar full-body work clothing:    (a) Location - 5 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA:    On or about 7/18/2017, employees performing manual scraping of lead containing paint from a building were not provided and required to use coveralls.