OSHA Inspection: WIDMAN CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(e)(8):     "Removal from service." Synthetic web slings were not immediately removed from service when they had snags, punctures, tears or cuts.    Employees were exposed to struck by hazards while using a synthetic sling rigged from the teeth of an excavator bucket. There were snags around the eye of the sling, the employer did not immediately remove the sling from service.

Issued

2012-11-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):     Each employee in an excavation shall be 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)(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).    An employee was setting concrete sewer pipe in a 94 x 111 excavation which was 59 deep with vertical walls was exposed to struck by hazards, the employer did not use cave-in protection.