OSHA Inspection: EMG GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Dec 31, 2024

Abate by

Feb 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $427 · Current $427

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Establishment:  As of December 30, 2024, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 1, Item 1 and Citation 2 items 1, 2, 3, and 4 from inspection number 1770269, issued on 9/20/2024, with a final order date of 10/22/2024.

Issued

Dec 31, 2024

Abate by

Feb 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) Establishment:  As of December 30, 2024, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 1, Item 1 and Citation 2 items 1, 2, 3, and 4 from inspection number 1770269, issued on 9/20/2024, with a final order date of 10/22/2024.

Issued

Sep 20, 2024

Abate by

Nov 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $5,323

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   a) 57 Sheldon Street, Providence, RI: On or about August 21, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards due to a Werner aluminum extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface while used by an employee to access the roof.

Issued

Sep 20, 2024

Abate by

Nov 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $9,126 · Current $9,126

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) 57 Sheldon Street Providence, RI: On or about August 21, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while cleaning debris on the ground during roofing activities without the use of protective helmets.  EMG General Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.100(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1724532, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 21, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 29 Billings Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132.

Issued

Sep 20, 2024

Abate by

Nov 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $9,126 · Current $9,126

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 objects while using a nail gun.   a) 57 Sheldon Street Providence, RI: On or about August 21, 2024, employees were exposed to struck-by eye injury hazards while using a nail gun during roofing activities without eye protection.  EMG General Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1724532, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 21, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 29 Billings Street West Roxbury, MA 02132.

Issued

Sep 20, 2024

Abate by

Nov 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):    The employer does not require the use of any form of fall protection during roofing work.  This violation was most recently observed on August 21, 2024, at the worksite at 57 Sheldon Street Providence, RI 02906, where multiple employees were not protected from fall hazards of approximately 23 feet to the ground.  To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that its employees performing roofing work are protected from falls, and that no employee is allowed onto a roof more than 6 feet high without adequate fall protection.  Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including a description of how these steps protect its employees from fall hazards.  The employer routinely fails to ensure that each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels is protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b), as observed by OSHA on August 21, 2024, and for multiple serious violations of this standard by this employer:  - OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1724532, inspection date 1/31/2024, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on May 21, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 29 Billings Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132.  - OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1716601, inspection date 12/14/2023, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 16, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 1681 Sherman Ave., Pennsauken, NJ 08110.

Issued

Sep 20, 2024

Abate by

Nov 6, 2024

Penalty

Initial $10,646 · Current $10,646

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.503(a)(1): The employer does not have a program to ensure compliance with fall protection requirements and does not designate any competent person to ensure that workers use appropriate fall protection.  To abate this item, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including frequent and regular inspections by competent persons it designates, to ensure that workers use appropriate fall protection.  Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including the names and qualifications of the persons it is designating as competent and a description of their responsibilities.  For example, at the worksite located at 57 Sheldon Street, Providence, RI 02906, on or about August 21, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of an estimated 23 feet, where the employer did not ensure that employees, who were required to work from the roof at a height above 6 feet, were trained in the hazards associated with falls and how to avoid them.   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 to minimize these hazards, as observed by OSHA on August 21, 2024, as well as prior inspections.  - OSHA previously issued a citation alleging a Serious violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1724532, inspections date 1/31/2024, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on May 21, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 29 Billings Street West Roxbury, MA 02132.