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OSHA Inspection: RAYMOND J. CAWLEY CONTRACTING, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of RAYMOND J. CAWLEY CONTRACTING, INC. in 28 WEST MAIN ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 314920224.

What this inspection record means

OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
28 WEST MAIN ROAD
City
MIDDLETOWN
State
RI
ZIP
02842
Mailing
110 CONNELL HIGHWAY, NEWPORT, RI 02840
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237110
SIC code (legacy)
1623
Employees
15
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Construction safety.

9 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $5,390 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to struck by hazards which could result from being hit by the
bucket of a backhoe:
Employees working in a trench were exposed to being struck by the bucket
of a Caterpillar
Backhoe which was excavating material from the trench.
Feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard include,
but are not limited to
the following:
1.Prohibit employees from entering into the swing radius or backhoe
pivoting radius during
excavating operations.
2.Ensure backhoe operators follow manufactures operations manual and
safety
precautions.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $5390.00

1926.21 B02

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
Jun 15, 2012
Penalty
Initial $5,390 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $5390.00

1926.651 C02

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $3,850 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $3850.00

1926.651 E

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $5,390 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $5390.00

1926.651 J02

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $5,390 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $5390.00

1926.651 K01

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
Jun 15, 2012
Penalty
Initial $3,850 · Current $2,500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2500.00
  • · Z (S) $3850.00

1926.652 A01

Willful Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $70,000 · Current $10,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (W) $10000.00
  • · Z (W) $70000.00

1926.100 A

Repeat Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $10,780 · Current $4,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (R) $4000.00
  • · Z (R) $10780.00

1926.1053 B01

Repeat Gravity 03 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 1, 2012
Abate by
May 4, 2012
Penalty
Initial $7,700 · Current $4,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (R) $4000.00
  • · Z (R) $7700.00

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 314920224.

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