OSHA Inspection: PERDONI BROTHERS INC

Issued

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):     The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.    Jobsite:  Employees were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of working inside unprotected earth trenches.

Issued

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1):     Adequate protection shall be provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face. Such protection shall consist of scaling to remove loose material; installation of protective barricades at intervals as necessary on the face to stop and contain falling material; or other means that provide equivalent protection.    Jobsite:  Employees were working in a open vertical earth walls 8 feet deep by 3 feet wide with no shoring protection exposing employees to cave in hazards.