OSHA Inspection: MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL CONTRACTOR SERVICES CORP

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, the employer did not provide hazard recognition and avoidance training to employees that were exposed to falls, live electrical power lines, or other hazardous conditions or environments present at the job site.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees selected by, and under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees were allowed to utilize Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffolding which was not erected by experienced employees under the supervision of a competent person qualified in scaffolding erection. The deficiencies with the pump jack scaffolding units which were not correctly erected or whose deficiencies were not identified and corrected prior to usage by a competent person are noted in violations in 1-2-b through 1-4-b.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees and the foreman were allowed to conduct work from two pump jack scaffolding systems at the front corner of the job site which had not been inspected by a competent person for visible defects prior to the start of the work shift.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer than 10-feet to exposed and energized power lines.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, the employer allowed employees to erect and utilize an Alum-A-Pole pumpjack scaffolding system which was within the immediate vicinity of energized overhead electrical utility lines.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold components were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees were permitted to use a pump jack scaffold with a 2x8 piece of wood plank containing several knots and other imperfections. This scaffold plank was not graded by a recognized lumber grading association for this use and was not capable of supporting 4 times the maximum intended load.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii): The end of a platform greater than 10 feet in length extended over its support more than 18 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.  Location: Job site;  On or about August 28, 2025, employees were permitted to work from a scaffold platform greater than 10 feet in length that extended more than 18 inches beyond its support. Guardrails or end rails were not provided to block employee access to the cantilevered end.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, the employer allowed employees to erect and work from a pump jack scaffolding that was greater than 25-feet above the ground below and did not bear on base plates, mud sills, or other adequate firm foundation.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(3): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying and displacement.  Location: Job site;   On or about 08/28/2025, employer allowed employees to utilize a pump jack scaffolding system where the post legs and frames were not plumb and braced to prevent swaying or displacement.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/87/2025, employees were allowed to work from two different pump jack scaffold systems which were greater than 25-feet above a lower level without the use or availability of a personal fall arrest system or guardrail system.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i):29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees were allowed to utilize pump jack scaffolding which did not have guardrails installed along the open ends of the platforms.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles of pump jack scaffold were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing, or equivalent, at the bottom point of the structure as necessary.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees were allowed to work from a pump jack scaffolding at a height greater than 25-feet above the ground below and the poles/legs of the pumpjack scaffolding were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing at both top and bottom.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees and foreman on-site were allowed to utilize Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffolding without recognizing and correcting hazardous conditions which existed on the job site and were visible from the roadway. This lack of recognition and correction to the hazards present in the scaffolding units demonstrates a lack of knowledge in the construction, usage, and maintenance of the scaffolding systems.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee who was involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees and foreman on-site were allowed to erect and utilize Alum-A-Pole pump jack scaffolding and did not recognize hazardous conditions and deficiencies in the final assembled scaffolding units which they had put together on the job site. These hazardous conditions and structural deficiencies were visible from the roadway immediately outside of the job site.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees accessed scaffolds through an open, unguarded third-story window more than 6 feet above the lower level without any form of fall protection.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2): The employer did not assure that each employee exposed to fall hazards was trained by a competent person qualified in the areas specified in 29 CFR 1926.503 (a)(2)(i) through (viii).  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, the employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards were trained by a competent person in the recognition and control of fall hazards as required by the standard.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, the employer did not provide a written certification record of fall protection training, including employee names, training dates, and required signatures, as requested during the inspection and subsequent document request.

Issued

2025-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed.  Location: Job site;  On or about 08/28/2025, employees used a portable extension ladder as a workbench and as the top rail for pump jack scaffolding systems, a purpose for which the ladder was not designed.