OSHA Inspection: CHAFFEE CARPENTRY, INC.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 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 - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, an employee on a pumpjack scaffold was not protected from falling to a lower level.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 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 - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a pump jack scaffold that was not erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 cantilivered end.  Location - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a scaffold platform that extended more than 18 inches over its support.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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).   Location - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, employees were exposed to electric shock and/or electrocution hazards while working from a pump jack scaffold within 3 feet of energized electrical circuits.

Issued

2023-01-25 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 - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, an employee on a unsecured pumpjack scaffold was not protected from falling to a lower level.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $2344.00 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):   Location - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, an employee on a residential porch roof was not protected from falling to a lower level.

Issued

2023-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed.  Location - 96 Locust St., Burlington, MA  On or about 9/15/2022, employees were exposed to fall hazards while climbing and descending a portable ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing.