OSHA Inspection: MICHAEL LEARY CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards while using a hoist as a ladder.   Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, employees were exposed to falls and possible collapse while using a material hoist as a ladder.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

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).  Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the jobsite was not regularly inspected by a competent person for hazards which could injure or kill employees.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

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:  Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the employer did not train employees in the recognition and avoidance of hazards related to falling object struck by hazards, electrical hazards and the use of platform hoists.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

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:  Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the employer did not train employees, exposed to fall hazards, in the recognition and avoidance of hazards related to falls in construction.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:   Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the employer did not train employees, exposed to ladder hazards, in the recognition and avoidance of hazards related to ladders in construction.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,410 · Current $3,410

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:  Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the employees working on the ground, below the employees working on the roof, were not wearing head protection and exposed to objects dropped or falling from the roof.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:   Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the employees working on and around the aluminum platform hoist, erected within inches of the uninsulated electric service drop, were not protected from electric shocks/burns.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $3,978

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, employees engaged in roofing work were not protected from falls of over 12 feet to the ground.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): Unless the snaphook is a locking type and designed for the following connections, snaphooks shall not be engaged directly to webbing, rope or wire rope.  Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the snaphooks of the PFAS vertical lifelines, used by employees as fall protection, were wrapped around the ridge beam and engaged directly to the rope lifeline.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,842

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: On or about 9/20/19, the blue fiberglass extension ladder used by employees to access the roof did not extend 3-feet beyond the roof surface.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:     Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: a) On or about 9/20/19, the damaged 32ft aluminum extension ladder used by employees to access the roof was not periodically inspected by a competent person.  b) On or about 9/20/19, the damaged 16ft blue fiberglass extension ladder used by employees to access the roof was not periodically inspected by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 26, 2019

Abate by

Jan 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.    Location: 25 Pathwoods Ave., Burlington, MA: a) On or about 9/20/19, the damaged 32ft aluminum extension ladder used by employees to access the roof was not tagged or removed from service.  b) On or about 9/20/19, the damaged 16ft blue fiberglass extension ladder used by employees to access the roof was not tagged or removed from service.