OSHA Inspection: P & G CONSTRUCTION GROUP, INC.

Issued

2021-09-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6).Note:  Specify distances as indicated in table in paragraph (f)(6) of this section.   (a) Location - 396 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA:  On or about 5/21/21, pump jack scaffolding was being erected with live 13.2 kV power lines less than 10 feet away.

Issued

2021-09-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only 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.  (a) Location - 396 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA  On or about 5/21/21, pump jack scaffolding was erected and moved by employees that were not qualified as competent persons.

Issued

2021-09-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4096.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a)(2): Training requirements:  The employer did not provide employees with the correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards and for erecting, maintaining, and disassembling the fall protection systems and falling object protection systems being used.  (a) Location - 396 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA:  On or about 5/21/21, employees were not trained in the correct procedures for erecting scaffolding around electrical hazards.