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Shannon Gutter Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Waltham, Massachusetts · Other Building Finishing Contractors · NAICS 238390

1inspections
5citation items
$15,000current penalties
Mar 23, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Shannon Gutter Services once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Mar 23, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Waltham.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,212 and now stand at $15,000, 1% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Shannon Gutter Services averages $15,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Shannon Gutter Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342195682 OPENED MAR 23, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 16, 2020

427 Lincoln Street, Waltham, MA 02451 · Other Building Finishing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 23, 2017 (fatal): Employee falls from ladder jack is killed

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on March 23, 2017, Employee #1 was installing seamless aluminum gutters from a ladder jack scaffold, approximately 15 foot high. He fell, suffering head, neck and upper torso injuries and died.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,803$3,803Jun 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,803$3,803Jun 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,803$3,803Jun 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$3,803$3,591Jun 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0Jun 12, 2017Final

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 1926.1053(b)(5)(i)

(5)(i) Non-self-supporting ladders shall be used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder is approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top 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.

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