ESSEX, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: BS EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION CORP
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of BS EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION CORP in 5 WILLOW COURT, ESSEX, MA 01929 (NAICS 238160). OSHA activity number 347707796.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BS EXTERIOR CONSTRUCTION CORP
- Site address
- 5 WILLOW COURT
- City
- ESSEX
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01929
- Mailing
- 30 SANGER ST, FRAMINGHAM, MA 01702
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238160
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.102 A01
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure employees used eye and face protection equipment when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents. Location - Job site: On or about 08/22/2024, employees were permitted to utilize pneumatic nail guns without proper eye/face protection to protect against potential flying objects.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4965
1926.501 B13
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965
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). Location - Jobsite: On or about 08/22/2024, employees were not protected against falls of greater than 6 feet above a lower level.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4965
1926.502 D17
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(17): The attachment point of the body harness was not located in the center of the wearer's back near shoulder level, or above the wearer's head. Location - Jobsite: On or about 08/22/2024, employees were exposed to falls grater than 6 feet while utilizing life lines connected directly to the front/waist positioning ring and not using D-rings located at the center of back.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $0
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025
- Abate by
- Mar 24, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965
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. Location - Jobsite: On or about 08/22/2024, employees assigned to the work on a residential roof were not trained in the recognition of fall hazards.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4965
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- Feb 14, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965
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. Location - Jobsite: On or about 08/22/2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards while climbing and descending a portable extension ladder that did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $4965
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 347707796.
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