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Startouch Property Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Winchester, Massachusetts · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · NAICS 238320

1inspections
3citation items
$7,198current penalties
Apr 10, 2019last inspection

Startouch Property Services has one OSHA inspection on record in Massachusetts.

OSHA opened it on Apr 10, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Winchester.

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

OSHA proposed $14,397 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,198, down 50%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Startouch Property Services averages $7,198 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Startouch Property Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343922340 OPENED APR 10, 2019Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Sep 16, 2019

86 Bacon Street, Winchester, MA 01890 · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,789$1,894Apr 22, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$5,304$2,652Apr 22, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$5,304$2,652Apr 22, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13)

(13) Residential construction. Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of § 1926.502.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1)

(a) Training program. (1) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

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