OSHA Inspection: MJA GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CORP

Issued

Mar 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees using pneumatic nail guns were protected from flying particles during a residential construction project that involved shingle replacement.

Issued

Mar 6, 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):  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 9 feet 7 inches and 20 feet above a lower level while performing residential construction work and were not protected from falling by guard rail systems, safety net systems, or a personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Mar 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 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:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer had not trained employees who were exposed to fall hazards while performing work on a roof, to recognize fall hazards and on the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Mar 6, 2025

Abate by

Apr 22, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer had not prepared a written certification record of fall protection training which included the name or other identity of the person trained, the signature of the person trained, date(s) the training was completed and the signature of the person who conducted the training for six employees who were performing work on a residential roof and exposed to fall hazards of over 9 feet 7 inches.

Issued

Mar 6, 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:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer did not ensure that employees using ladders to access heights of approximately 9 feet 7 inches above the ground below, had the ladder rails extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing.

Issued

Mar 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA 01301: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer had not ensured that ladders being used to access a residential roof were used only for the purposes they were designed.  A material hoist (shingle lift) ladder, not designed for climbing, was used by an employee to descend from a rooftop that was approximately 20 feet high while performing shingle replacement activities.

Issued

Mar 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,837 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15): Ladder(s) were not inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and/or after an occurrence that could have affected their safe use:  86/88 High St. Greenfield, MA: On or about November 13, 2024, the employer did not ensure that a ladder used to access a 9 foot 11-inch-high landing surface had been inspected for visible damage prior to use.