OSHA Inspection: D.G. BARRETT PLUMBING AND HEATING

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $1,020 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) Worksite:  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while performing plumbing operations from inside an excavation. Loose rocks and soil were placed at the edge of the excavation, posing a striking hazard, observed on or about 11/28/12.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Jun 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,770 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    (a) Worksite:  On or about 11/28/12, the employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program for employees working with lead while performing plumbing operations.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Jun 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    (a) Worksite:  On or about 11/28/12, the employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for employees working with lead while performing plumbing operations.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Jun 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    (a) Worksite: On or about 11/28/12, Employees were performing plumbing operations without being provided effective information and training while handling lead.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

May 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $5,030 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:    (a) Worksite:  On or about 11/28/12, D.G. Barrett did not instruct employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions, the regulations applicable to their work activities, to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to injury while performing plumbing operations in and around an excavation approximately fifteen (15) feet deep.     DG BARRETT WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 315816256, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 3b, ISSUED ON 11/8/11 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 12/06/11, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKSITE LOCATED AT 113 HAINES STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $13,090 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.    a) Worksite:  An employee was performing plumbing operations inside an excavation approximately fifteen (15) feet in depth with loose rock and soil placed at the edge of the trench, exposing the employee to an engulfment hazard, observed on or about 11/28/12.    DG BARRETT WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 315816256, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 1, ISSUED ON 11/8/11 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 12/06/11, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKSITE LOCATED AT 113 HAINES STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Issued

Apr 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $15,400 · Current $13,090 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).    a) Worksite:  On or about 11/28/12, an employee was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system while performing plumbing operations in an excavation approximately three (3) feet wide, five (5) feet long and fifteen (15) feet in depth.    DG BARRETT WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD, WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 315816256, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM 3a, ISSUED ON 11/8/11 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 12/06/11, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKSITE LOCATED AT 113 HAINES STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.