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John Bergeron: OSHA inspections and violations

Beverly, Massachusetts · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

1inspections
3citation items
$12,144current penalties
Jan 14, 2020last inspection

John Bergeron has one OSHA inspection on record in Massachusetts.

OSHA opened it on Jan 14, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Beverly.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $12,144 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. John Bergeron averages $12,144 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

John Bergeron: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344558648 OPENED JAN 14, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Sep 22, 2023

7 Fosters Point, Beverly, MA 01915 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 14, 2020: Three employees suffer electrical burns when scaffold pole c

At 10:37 a.m. on January 14, 2020, three employees were standing upright on a 36-foot-long aluminum pump jack scaffold pole when it came in contact with overhead powerlines and shocked the employees. All three employees were hospitalized to treat electrical burns.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$4,048Apr 21, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$4,048Apr 21, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$4,048$4,048Apr 21, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

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 1926.451(g)(1)(vii)

(vii) For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2)

(2) Poles shall be secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. When the pump jack has to pass bracing already installed, an additional brace shall be installed approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) above the brace to be passed, and shall be left in place until the pump jack has been moved and the original brace reinstalled.

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