OSHA Inspection: PERFECT HOME CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2024-03-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $518.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer did not certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section:  As of February 27, 2024, the employer had not provided abatement certification for Inspection number 1682561, which was issued on October 17, 2023.  The required abatement certification for Citation 1, Item 2 and Item 3, and Citation 2, Item 1, was due on December 5, 2023, with respect to a work location at 135 Main Street, Upton, MA 01568.

Issued

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $3100.00 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: 135 Main St., Upton MA:  On July 12, 2023, two employees used pneumatic nail guns to install roofing shingles without wearing eye protection, exposing them to injuries from flying debris.

Issued

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3572.00 · Current $3155.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.252(a): An enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, was not used where materials were dropped more than 20 feet to points lying outside the exterior walls of the building. 135 Main St. Upton MA: On and for three days prior to July 12, 2023, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working beneath where roofing debris was dropped more than 30 feet to the ground without an enclosed waste chute.

Issued

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · 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, 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; 135 Main St, Upton MA:  On and before July 12, 2023, roofing employees used an aluminum extension ladder that did not extend three feet past the roof landing surface, exposing them to fall hazards exceeding forty feet to concrete below.

Issued

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section (fall protection training) by preparing a written certification record which contained the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer: 135 Main St. Upton MA:  On July 12, 2023, the employer had no certification documents to show that any employees had been trained on the hazards of falling and in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.