OSHA Inspection: TOM MCDONAGH CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4219.00 · Current $2110.00 Reduced

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 a 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.  Location: 14 Sterling Street, Newton, MA;  On or about 11/7/2023, a worker was allowed to work 16-feet above the ground on a pump jack scaffold that was erected without a guardrail system or fall protection provided to the worker.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles of pump jack scaffolding were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom of the scaffolding as necessary.  Location: 14 Sterling Street, Newton, MA;  On or about 11/7/2023, employees were allowed to work from a pumpjack scaffolding at a height of 16-feet and the poles/legs of the pumpjack scaffolding were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing at both top and bottom.

Issued

2023-12-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4219.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).  Location: 14 Sterling Street, Newton, MA;  On or about 11/7/2023, workers were allowed to work inside an unprotected trenching excavation that was 7-feet in depth and were exposed to a potential cave-ins from the unsupported walls of the excavation and the spoils pile which was not at least 2-feet back from the edge of the excavation.