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Paramount Development, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Lynn, Massachusetts · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423330

1inspections
5citation items
$8,000current penalties
Jan 8, 2016last inspection

Paramount Development, Inc has one OSHA inspection on record in Massachusetts.

OSHA opened it on Jan 8, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Lynn.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,600 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,000, down 17%.

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

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,427. Paramount Development, Inc averages $8,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Paramount Development, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341167229 OPENED JAN 8, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Aug 29, 2016

143 Chestnut Street, Lynn, MA 01901 · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 7, 2016 (fatal): Worker falls from scaffold and is killed

At 11:00 a.m. on January 7, 2016, a worker and a coworker were working from a pump-jack scaffold to install shingles at a residential site. After returning from a restroom break, the worker proceeded to install three additional rows of shingles. However, the worker suffered a seizure and fell from the scaffold to the ground. The worker suffered a head injury and other body trauma, which resulted in his death.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,800$2,000Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
Serious$2,000$2,000Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Serious$2,800$2,000Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15) · Fall protection systems
Serious$2,000$2,000Mar 22, 2016Final

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(g)(4)(i)

(i) Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(iii)

(iii) When midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, solid panels, or equivalent structural members are used, they shall be installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the scaffold platform.

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.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

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