OSHA Inspection: TARHEEL ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a)  302 Port Jersey Blvd., at the New Substation, Jersey City, NJ.      Employees working in the excavation and trenches were exposed to head injuries from adjacent stone or soil falling onto them as the employer had not provided for hardhats to be worn.                             Violation observed on or about 09/06/2012.

Issued

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4620.00 · Current $2772.00 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:    a)  302 Port Jersey Blvd., at the New Substation, Jersey City, NJ.      Employees were exposed to struck-by and crushing injuries in the 42 foot long, 5 to 6 ft. deep section of trench as the employer had not provided for an adequate means of egress as the employees had to climb up the dirt wall of the trench to exit.                        Violation observed on or about 09/06/2012.

Issued

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2):     Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:    a)  302 Port Jersey Blvd., at the New Substation at the Southwest Side of the Excavation/trench, Jersey City, NJ.    Employees were exposed to struck-by injuries in the 5 foot, 6 inch deep section of trench as the employer had not ensured that soil and rocks that could fall into the trench were kept back at least 2 feet from the edges of the trench.                                                             Violation observed on or about 09/06/2012.

Issued

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $26950.00 · Current $16170.00 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)(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):    a)  302 Port Jersey Blvd., at the New Substation, Jersey City, NJ.    Employees laying conduit in the excavation for the substation were exposed to struck-by and crushing injuries from a cave-in, in the up to 6 foot deep trench which was not adequately sloped or protected by shields or shoring.                                              Violation observed on or about 09/06/2012..    TARHEEL  ENTERPRISES, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 315638858 , CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, ISSUED ON 08/11/2011, FINAL ORDER DATE 09/12/2012, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT ROUTE 80 EAST BOUND, KNOWLTON, NJ.