OSHA Inspection: JIM'S PLUMBING & HEATING INC

Issued

2012-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    On 12-01-11, an employee who was working within an excavation at a depth greater than ten (10) feet was working with the excavator operator within five feet of the four (4) foot wide bucket without wearing head protection.       No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required

Issued

2012-04-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

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(c); the employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)and (c); the employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i) in that the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one and one-half horizontal to one vertical (34 degrees measured from the horizontal) in the top Type C soil layer, and steeper than one and one horizontal to one vertical (45 degrees measured from the horizontal) in the bottom Type B soil layer:    On 12-01-11, at the jobsite at 4500 W. College Ave in Appleton, Wisconsin, an employee was working inside an excavation for a commercial grease tank at  at a point less than three (3) feet from the near vertical access/egress wall without cave-in protection.  The excavation was greater than ten (10) feet deep in Type B and Type C layered soils,  and was less than 15.5 feet wide and less than 25 feet long, with near vertical walls.      No Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required