OSHA Inspection: DARWYNS PLUMBING INC.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Jan 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,310 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:     Employees were working in a trench approximately 20 feet long 5.6 feet wide and 7.8 feet deep with vertical walls. Employees were exposed to hazards associated with cave-ins. The employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the excavation hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Jan 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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:     Employees were working in a trench approximately 20 feet long 5.6 feet wide and 7.8 feet deep with vertical walls. Employees were exposed to hazards associated with cave-ins. The employer did not instruct employees to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Jan 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:     Employees were working in a trench approximately 20 feet long 5.6 feet wide and 7.8 feet deep with vertical walls. The employer did not have a competent person inspect the excavation prior to the start of the work to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Nov 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,310 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:    Employees working in an excavation were exposed to the potential of falling spoil material and were not wearing protective helmets.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Nov 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Employees were working in a trench were exposed to the potential for falling material. Spoil piles were within 2 feet of the edge of the excavation.

Issued

Oct 29, 2013

Abate by

Nov 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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):     Employees were installing a cleanout in a trench approximately 20 feet long 5.6 feet wide and 7.8 feet deep with vertical walls.  Employees were not protected by an adequate protective system.