OSHA Inspection: SCORPIONS CONTRACTING INC

Issued

2025-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4729.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.  Location: Jobsite at 52 School St., Everett, MA  On or about April 4, 2025, employees were not protected from unguarded reinforcing steel and impalement hazards due to lack of guarding caps.

Issued

2025-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6620.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.  Location: Jobsite at 52 School St., Everett, MA  On or about April 4, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by/caught-in hazard while working in an excavation with the spoil piles located directly at the excavations edge.

Issued

2025-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6620.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).  Location: Jobsite at 52 School St., Everett, MA  On or about April 4, 2025, workers were permitted to work inside an unprotected excavation that was greater than five (5) feet deep. They faced potential cave-ins from the unsupported walls of the excavation and from the spoil pile, which was not set back at least 2 feet from the edge of the excavation.