OSHA Inspection: POJOY CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2020-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

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.    Location: 635 Lowell Street, Methuen, MA      On or November 6, 2019, an employee on a roof walking/working surface with an unprotected edge approximately 11.5 feet high was not protected from the falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest.

Issued

2020-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $3978.00

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:    Location: 635 Lowell Street        On or about November 6, 2019, employees were working/walking on a scaffold surface 21 feet above a lower level and were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection.

Issued

2020-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $2273.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladder(s) were not used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.    Location: 635 Lowell Street, Methuen, MA      On or about November 6, 2019, an employee utilized a non-self supporting ladder to reach an area of the wood siding at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was not approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.

Issued

2020-01-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.    Location: 635 Lowell Street. Methuen, MA    On or about November 6, 2019, the pump jack poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing at the bottom.