OSHA Inspection: JOSE M ACERO CHUMA

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,600 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:    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, the employer's competent person did not train 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 including falls, personal fall arrest equipment, extension ladder use, ladder jack scaffold use.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, the employer did not provide a training program for employees using defective and damage ladders for the erection of a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii)    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, the employer's competent person did not train each employee: The nature of fall hazards in the work area; the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; and the installation, use and operation personal fall arrest systems, including anchorages.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 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 enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, the employer did not provide a training program for employees using multiple defective and damage ladders to ascend and descend the roof and for the erection of a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,600 Reduced

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):    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, employees were exposed to fall of up to 25-feet to the ground below while installing asphalt roof shingles and ridge caps without fall protection

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Mar 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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:(a)     Front Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, employees were expose to a fall of up to 12-feet to the ground below while ascending and descending an extension ladder where the fails did not extend at least three feet above the roof surface being accessed.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Feb 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladder(s) 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 be tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and shall be withdrawn from service until repaired.    Roof, Lot 33, 381 Lexington St., Woburn, MA  On or about January 24, 2020, employees were using multiple defective and damage ladders to ascend and descend the roof and for the erection of a ladder jack scaffold.