OSHA Inspection: HOUSE OF SPAS

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that employees conducting work from the Skyjack scissor lift did not utilize the railings to access and egress the roof. The railings of the scissor lift were not capable of supporting four times the weight of employees climbing on them.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that employees conducting work from the Skyjack scissor lift did not utilize the railings to access and egress the roof.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that the Skyjack scissor lift was inspected by a competent person before each work shift. Employees were removing roofing materials at a height of approximately fourteen feet (14') and the mid-rail chain was not in use.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:  a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that the mid-rail chain was in use on the Skyjack scissor lift, while employees were removing roofing materials at a height of approximately fourteen feet (14').

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained 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.   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that the employees utilizing the Skyjack scissor lift were trained by a qualified person.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided, and utilized, fall protection. The roof height was approximately 16.7 feet, the roof slope was approximately 0.5/12, and the employees were not utilizing fall protection and/or a safety monitoring system.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $1000.00 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:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, during commercial roofing activities, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided fall hazard training. The roof height was approximately 16.7 feet, and the roof slope was approximately 0.5/12.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(15): Ladders were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after an occurrence that could affect their safe use:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that the Werner extension ladder was inspected for defects. The bottom rung was bent and the labels were illegible.

Issued

2024-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladder(s) with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately:   a) Facility: 129 Morton Ave. Woonsocket, RI: On or about 10/25/2023, the employer did not ensure that the Werner extension ladder was removed from service after it was discovered that the bottom rung was bent, and the labels were illegible.