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AR Contracting Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Boston, Massachusetts · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

3inspections
12citation items
$9,189current penalties
Apr 24, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected AR Contracting Corp. 3 times in Massachusetts since 2009.

The latest one began on Apr 24, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Somerville.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 11 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $16,956 and now stand at $9,189, 46% lower after settlements or reviews.

Fall protection in construction comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1926.501.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and AR Contracting Corp. averages $2,344 (2 cited inspections).

AR Contracting Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343954897 OPENED APR 24, 2019Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Oct 25, 2019

400 Mystic Avenue, Somerville, MA 02145 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,978$1,989May 2, 2019Final

Inspection 343700324 OPENED JAN 9, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2019

35 Concord Square, Boston, MA 02118 · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,978$2,700Apr 18, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Apr 18, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 18, 2019Final

Inspection 312104920 OPENED APR 30, 2009Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jul 3, 2013

54 Canal Street, Boston, MA 02114 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Serious$450$225Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
Serious$1,050$525Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,500$750Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$750$375Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(3) · Fall protection systems
Serious$1,500$750Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11) · Fall protection systems
Serious$750$375Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15) · Fall protection systems
Serious$1,500$750Jun 12, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Serious$1,500$750Jun 12, 2009Closed

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses 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.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2)

(2) The employer shall determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the requisite strength and structural integrity.

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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