OSHA Inspection: THE RAIN KING WATERPROOFING INC.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $900.00 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):        Location: Jobsite, 13 Germonds Road    a) Employees waterproofing a residential foundation were working in an unprotected trench seven and one-half feet deep; thus exposing employees to the hazard of a cave-in on or about 11/23/12.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $900.00 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:        Location: 13 Germonds Road    a) Employees waterproofing a residential foundation were working in a seven and one half feet deep trench without a means of egress, thus exposing employees to falling hazards on or about 11/23/12.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:        Location: Jobsite, 13 Germonds Road    a) An inspection of the trench employees were working in was not made by a competent person prior to employees commencing work in the trench, thus exposing the employees to the hazard of the trench caving in on or about 11/23/12.

Issued

2013-02-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:      Location: Jobsite, 13 Germonds Road    a) Employees waterproofing a basement were not trained in recognizing and avoiding the hazards associated with working in a trench. This condition exposed employees to the hazard of trench collapse, on or about 11/23/12.