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OSHA Inspection: THE CHIMNEY CHAP, INC.

Planned inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of THE CHIMNEY CHAP, INC. in 2 COMMERCIAL STREET, BRAINTREE, MA 02184 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 347657629.

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Site address
2 COMMERCIAL STREET
City
BRAINTREE
State
MA
ZIP
02184
Mailing
352 MAIN STREET WEYMOUTH LANDING, HANSON, MA 02341
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238140
Employees
19
Ownership type
A

6 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.134 E01

Serious Gravity 1 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Abate by
Sep 27, 2024
Penalty
Initial $2,765 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1):The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On or about August 1, 2024, an employee was exposed to health hazards associated with the additional physiological burden of wearing respirators when the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring use.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1000
  • — Z (S) $2765

1910.134 F02

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Abate by
Sep 27, 2024
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2):Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On or about August 1, 2024, employees were exposed to health hazards associated using respirators that are not fit tested when the employer did not provide testing to ensure the respirator properly fits.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.102 A01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Penalty
Initial $4,610 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR  1926.102(a)(1):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.  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On or about August 1, 2024, an employee was exposed to struck by hazards not wearing eye protection while using  an unguarded handheld grinder.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1000
  • — Z (S) $4610

1926.300 B04 II

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Penalty
Initial $4,610 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR  1926.300(b)(4)(ii):The point of operation of machine(s) whose operation exposed an employee to injury was not guarded:  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On or about August 1, 2024, an employee was exposed to amputation hazards when using an unguarded Dewalt DWE402 angle grinder
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1000
  • — Z (S) $4610

1926.1153 C01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Penalty
Initial $6,452 · Current $3,000 Reduced
29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1):For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1,  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On August 5, 2024, at the job site, the employer did not ensure that employees using handheld grinders were protected from exposure to silica with the use of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protections.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3000
  • — Z (S) $6452

1926.1153 E01 II

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2024
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR  1926.1153(e)(1)(ii):Respiratory protection was not provided for tasks not listed in Table 1, or where the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection described in Table 1:  Location: 2 Commercial St, Braintree, MA  On August 5, 2024, at the job site, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from hazards associated with silica exposure by requiring respiratory protection when the employer did not implement engineering controls described in table 1
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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