| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2018-09-14
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| Emphasis |
L: FALL
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| Case Closed |
2023-08-10
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
1381509 |
| Safety |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260102 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Current Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, eye and/or face protective equipment was not used when employees were operating pneumatic nail guns. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260404 B01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-09-28 |
| Current Penalty |
3049.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3049.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were not protected from electrical shock and burns while using a 6000 watt electric generator that was not GFCI protected. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260416 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Current Penalty |
3049.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
3049.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were exposed to electric shock and burns from a live flexible electrical cord that had its outer and inner insulation covers torn open. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 B05 II |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-09-28 |
| Current Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were exposed to fall hazards while working from a ladder jack scaffold platform that was extended approximately three feet beyond it's support bracket. |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Current Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were exposed to fall hazards from not having a proper method of accessing the ladder jack scaffolds. Employees were required to climb around the scaffold platform in order to ascend/descend the scaffold support ladders, opposed to having an independent ladder they could use to access the platform work area. |
|
| Citation ID |
01006 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Current Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4268.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were not protected from falling while working from a ladder jack scaffold that was approximately sixteen feet above a lower level. |
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| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Repeat |
| Standard Cited |
19260451 F06 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-10-04 |
| Current Penalty |
6098.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
6098.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6): (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were not protected while working in close proximity to the energized electrical service line running into the structure, where the power line was not de-energized or guarded. Richard Mayo was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 930344, citation number 001, item number 01 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/1/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 59 Pierce Street, Westerly RI, 02891. |
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| Citation ID |
02002 |
| Citaton Type |
Repeat |
| Standard Cited |
19260501 B13 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Current Penalty |
8536.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
8536.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee 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 employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b): (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, employees were not protected from falling while working on a roof approximately seventeen feet above a lower level. Richard Mayo was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 930344, citation number 001, item number 02 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/1/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 59 Pierce Street, Westerly RI 02891. |
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| Citation ID |
02003 |
| Citaton Type |
Repeat |
| Standard Cited |
19260503 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-11-09 |
| Current Penalty |
8536.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
8536.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, the employer did not provide adequate training for the employees who might be exposed to fall hazards. Richard Mayo was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 930344, citation number 001, item number 04 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/1/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 59 Pierce Street, Westerly RI, 02891. |
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| Citation ID |
02004 |
| Citaton Type |
Repeat |
| Standard Cited |
19261060 A |
| Issuance Date |
2018-09-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2018-11-09 |
| Current Penalty |
6098.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
6098.0 |
| Contest Date |
2018-11-05 |
| Final Order |
2019-09-20 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards: (a) Worksite: On or about 9/14/2018, the employer did not provide adequate training to employees who use ladders. Richard Mayo was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1060(a), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 930344, citation number 001, item number 06c and was affirmed as a final order on 10/1/2013, with respect to a workplace located at 59 Pierce Street, Westerly RI 02891. |
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| Citation ID |
03001A |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19030019 C01 |
| Issuance Date |
2020-02-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2020-03-30 |
| Current Penalty |
319.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
319.0 |
| Final Order |
2020-03-20 |
| Nr Instances |
5 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated: (a) Establishment: As of November 4, 2019, the employer had not certified to OSHA that the abatement had been completed for Citation 1, Items 2 and 4, and Citation 2, Items 1, 3, and 4 from inspection number 1346378, issued on 09/25/2018, with a final order date of 09/20/2019. |
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| Citation ID |
03001B |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19030019 D01 |
| Issuance Date |
2020-02-25 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2020-03-30 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2020-03-20 |
| Nr Instances |
4 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required: (a) Establishment: As of November 4, 2019, the employer had not provided the required abatement documentation to OSHA for Citation 1, Item 4 and Citation 2, Items, 1, 3, and 4 from inspection number 1346378, issued on 09/25/2018, with a final order date of 09/20/2019. |
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