OSHA Inspection: CHICOPEE CONCRETE SERVICE, INC

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(5): The employer did not ensure that for through ladders, the steps or rungs are omitted from the extensions, and the side rails are flared to provide not less than 24 inches (61cm) and not more than 30 inches (76 cm) of clearance:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, employees were exposed to fall hazards when they used a 16 feet 6 inch tall through ladder that did not have flared side rails, and provided less than 24 inches of clearance when accessing the second floor of the mixing plant.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(d)(13)(ii): The employer did not ensure that fixed ladders that do not have cages or wells have a minimum perpendicular distance of 30 inches (76 cm) from the centerline of the steps or rungs to the nearest object on the climbing side. Or, when unavoidable obstructions are encountered, a minimum clearance at the obstruction of 24 inches (61 cm), provided deflector plates are installed:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, employees used a fixed ladder that was obstructed by a concrete wall located approximately ten inches from the centerline of the bottom rung.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure signs were posted to warn employees of the engulfment or asphyxiation hazards posed by working in or around 24-foot tall material storage bins.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(1): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not implement the measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, the employer did not prevent unauthorized entry into permit-required confined spaces when two employees entered a material storage bin in an attempt to rescue an engulfed employee, and were exposed to engulfment and asphyxiation hazards.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(9): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and/or for preventing unauthorized entry:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, the employer did not implement procedures for either summoning or safely conducting rescue operations for entrants into permit spaces, nor did they prevent the unauthorized entry of two employees attempting to rescue an engulfed employee in a permit space, exposing them to engulfment and asphyxiation hazards.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure training was provided to employees who entered permit spaces and were exposed to engulfment and asphyxiation hazards.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(e)(4)(vi): Handrails, and toprails that are used as handrails, were not at least 3 inches (7.6 cm) from other objects:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that the handrails on a scaffold stair tower were unobstructed from use by permanently installed objects.

Issued

2025-07-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(8): Employee(s) were not prohibited from working on scaffolds covered with snow, ice or other slippery material(s):Note:  This paragraph does not apply when employees are on scaffolds necessarily to remove such materials:  194 Cleveland St. Greenfield, MA: On or about January 24, 2025, the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from slip hazards when traveling across a scaffold work platform and scaffold stair section that contained ice and snow on the walking surface.