OSHA Inspection: EXTERIOR LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Issued

Oct 21, 2011

Abate by

Oct 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):     The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:      A. On or about 9/08/11 during the building of a retention wall, the employer did not ensure employees were trained to recognize and abate cave in hazards associated with working next to an excavated wall that was 22 feet in height.      B:  On or about 9/22/11 during excavation activities, the employer did not ensure employees were trained to recognize and abate cave in hazards, and unsafe egress hazards associated with an excavation that measured between 5.5 and 7 feet deep, 59.1 feet in length, and 12.1 feet in width.

Issued

Oct 21, 2011

Abate by

Oct 24, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):     Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c):     A.  On or about 9/08/11 during the building of a retention wall, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from an excavated wall that was 22 feet in height.      B:   On or about 9/22/11 during excavation activities, the employer did not ensure an employee was protected from a cave in while working in an excavation that measured between 5.5 and 7 feet deep, 59.1 feet in length, and 12.1 feet in width.

Issued

Oct 21, 2011

Abate by

Oct 24, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2):     A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    On or about 9/22/11 during excavation activities, the employer did not ensure a safe means of egress was used when exiting an excavation the measured between 5.5 and 7 feet deep, 59.1 feet in length, and 12.1 feet in width. The slope at which the employee exited the excavation was 60.781 degrees.

Issued

Oct 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):     The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    On or about 09/28/11 during construction activities, the employer did not ensure a forklift operator had been trained, evaluated, or had a current certification.