Brothers Construction Services Inc., Framingham, Mass., faces $306,229 in penalties after Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors observed eight workers exposed to falls of up to 20 feet at a residential job site in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, according to OSHA. The company is not an NRCA member.
OSHA opened an inspection of Brothers Construction Services at the job site Aug. 17, 2023, in response to a complaint that workers on the roof of a residential property were not using fall protection. Specifically, inspectors found Brothers Construction Services did not:
- Provide fall protection for employees exposed to a 20-foot fall hazard
- Train employees about fall hazards
- Ensure ladders were extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface for stability and employees did not carry loads while using ladders
- Ensure a ladder jack scaffold that lacked fall protection was erected by a competent person and the ladders supporting the scaffold were properly angled and secured
- Have a competent person conduct frequent and regular inspections of the job site to identify and correct hazards
- Provide employees with hard hats and eye protection
- Provide inspectors with OSHA 300 illness and injury logs within four business hours
OSHA cited Brothers Construction Services for eight willful, repeat, serious and other than serious violations.
The roofing contractor has a history of fall-related safety violations. Since 2011, OSHA has cited Brothers Construction Services and/or commonly owned Brothers Construction and Roofing, Brothers Roofing and AS General Construction & Roofing Inc. for similar hazards at job sites in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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