OSHA Inspection: JRO CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 7, 2023

Abate by

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $413 · Current $413

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Establishment:  As of February 7, 2023, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 2, Items 1 and 3 from inspection number 1609583, issued on 11/29/2022, with a final order date of 12/28/2022.

Issued

Feb 7, 2023

Abate by

Mar 13, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1):The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment:  As of February 7, 2023, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 2, Items 1 and 3 from inspection number 1609583, issued on 11/29/2022, with a final order date of 12/28/2022.

Issued

Nov 29, 2022

Abate by

Jan 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,419 · Current $3,419

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(10): The tops of a non-self-supporting ladder were not placed with the two rails supported equally:   a) Worksite: On or about 7/22/2022, employees were exposed to fall hazards from ascending/descending an extension ladder that was leaning against the downward slope of a roof edge, preventing equal support to both ladder rails.

Issued

Nov 29, 2022

Abate by

Dec 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,571 · Current $9,571

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1): Employees did not use eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:  a) Worksite: On or about 7/22/2022, the employer did not provide eye or face protection to employees operating powered hand tools.  JRO Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1495419, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 11/23/2020, with respect to a workplace located at 346 Grafton Street, Worcester, MA 01603.

Issued

Nov 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $23,928 · Current $23,928

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):  a) Worksite: On or about July 22, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees engaged in residential roofing and gutter installation activities, at heights more than 13 feet above the ground, were protected from the fall hazard.   JRO Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1495419, citation number 1, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on 11/23/2020, with respect to a workplace located at 346 Grafton Street, Worcester, MA 01603.  JRO Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1547753, citation number 2, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 12/29/2021, with respect to a workplace located at 77 Paris Avenue, Worcester, MA 01603.

Issued

Nov 29, 2022

Abate by

Dec 22, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,571 · Current $9,571

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:  a) Worksite: On or about 7/22/2022, the employer did not provide fall protection training to employees conducting roofing and gutter installation work on how to minimize fall protection hazards, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with falls.  JRO Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1495419, citation number 1, item number 2b, and was affirmed as a final order on 11/23/2020, with respect to a workplace located at 346 Grafton Street, Worcester, MA 01603.

Issued

Nov 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,838 · Current $6,838

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  a) Worksite: On or about 7/22/2022, employees were not protected from falling while using a ladder that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface.   JRO Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1547753, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 12/29/2021, with respect to a worksite located at 77 Paris Avenue, Worcester, MA 01603.