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Gordon College: OSHA inspections and violations

Wenham, Massachusetts · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310

3inspections
8citation items
$1,130current penalties
Dec 22, 2021last inspection

Gordon College has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 1988.

OSHA's last visit started on Dec 22, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Wenham.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $1,130 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (6 items).

For context, across all education employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $0. Gordon College averages $850 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Gordon College: OSHA citation items per year, 1988 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345702161 OPENED DEC 22, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 700 employees at the site · Closed May 25, 2022

255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 9, 2021 (fatal): Employee with covid-19 infection dies

At 8:00 p.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee who worked as an electrician for a college died from COVID-19 infection. On November 17, 2021, the employee and a coworker drove together in a work truck to an area on campus where a tree that needed removed was located. Information regarding engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment controls for COVID-19 are not included in the narrative.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344232822 OPENED AUG 14, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 500 employees at the site · Closed Feb 6, 2020

225 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$850$850Nov 19, 2019Final

Inspection 102916913 OPENED JAN 27, 1988Closed

Unprogrammed related · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jul 12, 1988

225 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$280$280May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(4) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(7)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1f
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(10) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1g
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$0$0May 19, 1988Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

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