OSHA Inspection: SHOWEN CONSTRUCTION & EXCAVATING, LLC

Issued

Jul 3, 2012

Abate by

Jul 5, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    Employees performing demolition of an existing building at a height greater than six feet were doing so without fall protection.

Issued

Jul 3, 2012

Abate by

Jul 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    Employees exposed to fall hazards were not trained on how to recognize and mitigate those fall hazards.

Issued

Jul 3, 2012

Abate by

Jul 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): Evidence in writing was not available that an engineering survey performed by a competent person had been performed prior to permitting employee(s) to start demolition operations:    The employer did not obtain documentation portraying that an engineering survey had been performed prior to the start of demolition work.