OSHA Inspection: NATIONWIDE TILE, INC.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, the employer failed to instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of fall hazards, scaffold erection and use hazards, struck-by conditions, and the regulations applicable to the work environment.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the  procedures to control or minimize those hazards   Scaffold, 50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, the employer failed to instruct each employee who performs work while on a fabricated frame scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the scaffold being used.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  Scaffold, 50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, the employer failed to train each employee erecting fabricated frame scaffold trained by a competent person with the hazards associated with the work in question.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Roof Canopy, 50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, the employer failed to train each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards greater than six working from a roof canopy to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $1,895 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:  50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, employees were exposed to be struck in the head by tools, equipment, tile and other related materials from work activities be performed directly above them on scaffold platforms and the roof canopy without hardhats.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, employees were exposed to be struck in the head by tools, equipment, tile and other related materials from work activities be performed directly above while working on scaffold platforms and  without hardhats.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

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.  50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about, May 24, 2019, the fabricated frame scaffold was not erected supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, where no base plates were installed, platforms were not fully decked, guardrail systems were not installed, toeboards were not installed, and the scaffold was inspected prior to use each shift.

Issued

Jun 17, 2019

Abate by

Jun 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  50 South Ave., Burlington, MA On or about May 24, 2019, employees were exposed to falls of 20-feet while installing tile from the roof canopy without fall protection.