OSHA Inspection: PARADISE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $1658.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Location - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21, scaffold platforms greater than 10-feet long had cantilevered ends that exceeded 18 inches.

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2072.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):   When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Cross braces were used as a means of access.  Location - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21,  scaffold platforms that were 20-feet above grade did not have a ladder or other suitable means for employees to safely access.

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2072.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(7):   Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees 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.  Location - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21, pump jack scaffolding was not erected under the direction of a competent person.

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21, pump jack scaffold poles were not secured to the building at the bottom.

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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.   Location - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21, employees working at heights of 20-feet were not provided fall protection training.

Issued

2022-01-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5801.00 · Current $2901.00 Reduced

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 - 10 Foster Street, Marblehead, MA:  On or about 12/2/21, employees were not protected from fall hazards while working from a scaffold that was greater than 20-feet above a lower level.