OSHA Inspection: MRFC GENERAL CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Abate by

Oct 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,558 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Abate by

Oct 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)   Site- Employees were not protected from fall and struck by hazards where the employer did not provide for inspections of the job site conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,558 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   Site- Employees working from the ground underneath the roof eave were not protected from overhead struck by hazards where head protection was not required to be worn.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Abate by

Oct 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,558 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.     Site- Employees using a Louisville fiberglass extension ladder were not protected from a fall hazard where the ladder was fully extended and was less than two rungs above the landing surface.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Abate by

Oct 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $12,762 · Current $10,000 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):    Site- Employees working from the roof were not protected from a fall of approximately 25 feet where fall protection was not required to be worn.  MRFC General Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1454875, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on February 28, 202, with respect to a workplace located at Tara Fields Apartments, Tri City Rd., Somersworth, NH 03878.

Issued

Sep 27, 2022

Abate by

Oct 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,117 · Current $0 Reduced

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:   Site- Employees exposed to a fall hazard working from the roof without fall protection were not provided fall protection training from the employer.  MRFC General Construction Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1454875, citation number 1, item number 5, and was affirmed as a final order on February 28, 202, with respect to a workplace located at Tara Fields Apartments, Tri City Rd., Somersworth, NH 03878.