OSHA Inspection: ALLEN DEVELOPMENT GROUP, INC.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(1): The employer did not avail himself of the safety and health training programs the Secretary provides:     a) Excavation at 3071 Williams Road, Columbus, Georgia. The employer could not demonstrate a basic working knowledge of the means, methods, or the requirements regarding safety as it pertains to excavation and trenching operations.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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) Excavation at 3071 Williams Road, Columbus, Georgia. Employees had not received training that would have enabled them to recognize and minimize the hazards associated with excavation and trenching operations.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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) Excavation at 3071 Williams Road in Columbus, Georgia. The employees working in a 12-foot deep trench, without wearing head protection, were not protected from hazards assciated with falling objects.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 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 prior to the start of work, and as needed throughout the shift, for evidence of situations that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions.     a) Excavation at 3071 Williams Road in Columbus, Georgia. Prior to work and daily inspections of  36-foot long, 12-foot deep, unprotected trench excavation were not conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 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 paragraph (b) or (c) of this section:     a) Excavation at 3071 Williams Road in Columbus, Georgia. The employer did not ensure that each employee working in a 12-foot deep trench excavation was protected from the hazards of cave-in.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): 29 CFR 1926.304(d): Each portable, power-driven circular saw withdrawn from   the work did not automatically and instantly return the lower guard to the covering position of the saw.     a) Construction site at 3071 Williams Road in Columbus, Georgia. The blade of a circular saw was not properly guarded. The self-retracting guard had been blocked in the fully open position.

Issued

Dec 12, 2013

Abate by

Dec 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous.   a) Construction site at 3071 Williams Road in Columbus, Georgia. A circular saw and an extension cord providing power to a portable air compressor did not have a continuous path to ground. The grounding pins of the three prong plugs were missing on both pieces of equipment.