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Porter Engineering, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Peabody, Massachusetts · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

1inspections
2citation items
$1,940current penalties
May 30, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Porter Engineering, Inc. in Massachusetts one time.

It opened on May 30, 2018 on a referral, in Peabody.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $3,880; today they stand at $1,940, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.451 (scaffolds, general requirements), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Porter Engineering, Inc. averages $1,940 across 1 cited inspection.

Porter Engineering, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343190708 OPENED MAY 30, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2018

15 Wallis St., Peabody, MA 01960 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$3,880$1,940Aug 14, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Aug 14, 2018Final

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(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)

(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.

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