OSHA Inspection: BEAR 777 CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

May 22, 2026

Abate by

Jun 16, 2026

Penalty

Initial $398 · Current $398

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Oct 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck- by and caught-in/between hazards while working where powered industrial truck operators were not trained, evaluated, or certified by the employer as referenced by the note contained in 1926.602(d).

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet  while working from the pump jack scaffold  to perform siding activities where the employer did not provide provide adequate access.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where  the employer did not inspect the pump jack type scaffold prior to use.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where  the employer did not ensure the erection was performed under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(4): Each end of a platform, not cleated or otherwise restrained by hooks or equivalent means, did not extend over the centerline of its support at least 6 inches (15 cm)  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not ensure the end of a platform was restrained or extended 6 inches beyond the center of its support.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where  the employer did not ensure a firm foundation was used.    The foundation of the pump jack scaffold was a cracked wooden plank that served as a mudsill that was set on two uneven stones in a ditch.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(i): Footings were not level, sound, rigid, and capable of supporting the loaded scaffold without settling or displacement:  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where  the employer did not ensure footings were level, sound, and rigid.  The foundation of the pump jack scaffold was a cracked wooden plank that served as a mudsill that was set on two uneven stones in a ditch.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(c)(2)(ii):Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not prohibit the use of unstable objects to support the scaffold.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not ensure that adequate fall protection was in place.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not ensure that fall protection was in place.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(1): Each employee on a scaffold was not provided with additional protection from falling hand tools, debris, and other small objects through the installation of toeboards, screens, guardrail systems, or through the erection of debris nets, catch platforms, or canopy structures that contain or deflect the falling objects.  For falling objects too large, heavy or massive to be contained or deflected, the employer did not place and secure such potential falling objects away from the edge of the surface from which they could fall.  Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not provide protection from falling objects by any means.

Issued

Aug 21, 2025

Abate by

Sep 19, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $4,965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.   Location:  14 Traps Pond Road, Edgartown, MA  On or about April 22, 2025, employees were exposed to fall hazards over 20 feet while working from the pump jack scaffold to perform siding activities where the employer did not brace the scaffold poles at the bottom.