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Chaffee Carpentry, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Burlington, Massachusetts · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
7citation items
$4,688current penalties
Sep 15, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Chaffee Carpentry, Inc. once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Sep 15, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Burlington.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,752 and now stand at $4,688, 75% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Chaffee Carpentry, Inc. averages $4,688 (1 cited inspection).

Chaffee Carpentry, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346222656 OPENED SEP 15, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jul 25, 2023

96 Locust St., Burlington, MA 01803 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,688$2,344Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,688$0Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$0$0Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$4,688$2,344Jan 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$4,688$0Jan 25, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii)

(ii) Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is 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.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6)

(6) The clearance between scaffolds and power lines shall be as follows: Scaffolds shall not be erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer to exposed and energized power lines than as follows:

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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