OSHA Inspection: BPR COMPANIES LLC

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):The employer did not ensure that each affected employee,  used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023 an employee  was observed grinding  out openings in a masonry wall with an angle grinder and  the employer did not ensure that the affected employee,  used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles.

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(1):Each platform on all working levels of scaffold was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023, an employee was observed working from a ladder jack scaffold that was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports.

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2):Each scaffold platform and walkway,  was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023, an employee was observed working on a  scaffold system that consisted of 1 plank which was not at least 18" wide.

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023, an employee was observed climbing around  a scaffold platform from one of the 2 support ladders to access  the working level of  another work platform.

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1):Each employee was observed working from  a scaffold,  which was more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level, on which the employee, because the employer had not provided any fall protection, was not protected from falling to that lower level:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023, an employee, using a scaffold system provided by his employer,  was observed working form that scaffold, more than 14 feet above the asphalt below without any fall protection, subjecting himself to fall from height hazards.  Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19 (d) (1).

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a):The employer  did not provide any scaffold training  to this employee  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:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27, 2023, an employee was observed working from a scaffold at this address and  the employee had not received scaffold training  to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jun 1, 2023

Abate by

Jun 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1051(a):A stairway and/or ladder was not  provided at all personnel points of access where there is a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and/or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:  109 Main St., Gardner, MA: On or about April 27,2023, an employee was observed climbing up the remnants of a retaining wall the get to a work locations where the break in elevation was greater than 19" and no step or ladder was provided.