ALJ Decision in Greg Beeche Logistics, OSHRC Docket No. 21-1262, Becomes a Final Order of the Commission.
The Respondent, Greg Beeche Logistics (GBL), designs, fabricates, installs, and maintains suspension scaffolds that are used in construction projects on high-rise buildings.
In 2020 and 2021, GBL provided several two-point adjustable suspension scaffolds for a project to remove and replace the exterior curtain wall panels on a high-rise building in Boston, Massachusetts. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) received an anonymous complaint that the suspension scaffolds had inadequate fall protection. (Ex. R-2; T. 90-91, 122). In response to that complaint, on April 30, 2021, OSHA dispatched one of its compliance safety and health officers to the construction site to conduct an inspection. (T. 91).
As a result of OSHA’s inspection and investigation, OSHA issued to GBL a Citation and Notification of Penalty (Citation) that alleged one serious violation of OSHA’s scaffolds standard codified at 29 C.F.R. Part 1926, subpart L [§§ 1926.450–.454].