OSHA Inspection: ELMWOOD CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l): Operators were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks:   60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, the employer permitted an untrained operator to operate a Genie powered industrial trucks during concrete deck demolishing operations.  1926.602(d) Powered industrial truck operator training. Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this paragraph are identical to those set forth at �1910.178(l).

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, the employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable, including, but not limited to, power tool operation, powered industrial truck operation, fall protection and personal fall arrest equipment, including horizontal lifelines, and respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

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:  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, the employer did not provide a training program for employees exposed to 40-foot falls, using personal fall arrest systems and horizontal lifelines

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, the was exposed to a struck-by hazard while dry cutting rebar, wire rope, and concrete with a DeWalt 7-inch angle grinder that had the guard removed.

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,662 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level.   60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall of up to forty feet, while demolishing concrete decks while working from a skyjack scissors lift, with guardrail sections removed, and not using a personal fall arrest system for fall

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,662 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.  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall of up to forty feet, while demolishing concrete decks without fall

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(8): Horizontal lifelines were not designed, installed, and used under the supervision of a qualified person, as part of a complete personal fall arrest system, which maintained a safety factor of at least two:  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, March 25, 2021, an employee was exposed to a fall of up to forty feet, while demolishing concrete decks using a horizontal lifeline for fall protection that was not designed, installed, and used under the supervision of a qualified person, as part of a complete personal fall arrest system, which maintained a safety factor of at least two.

Issued

Apr 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:  60 Pleasant St., Arlington, MA On or about, May 25, 2021, an employee was exposed to concrete dust containing respirable crystalline silica while using a 7-inch DeWalt angle grinder to cut rebar imbedded in concrete where the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls and work practices specified in Table 1.