OSHA Inspection: A-1 SEWER AND WATER CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $968 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a)  Employees working in a trench were not wearing protective helmets where there was a possible danger of head injury from falling objects.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $968 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(d): Employees exposed to public vehicular traffic were not provided with a warning vest or other suitable garments marked with or made of reflectorized or high-visibility material:  a)  Employees exposed to public vehicular traffic were not wearing high-visibility vests during trenching operation.   No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Nov 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,520 · Current $1,936 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.201(a):  The use of flaggers, signaling by flaggers or the warning garments worn by flaggers did not conform to Part IV of the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ("MUTCD"), 1988 Edition, Revision 3, September 3 or Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Millenium Edition, December 2000, FHWA, which are incorporated by reference:     a)  The violation was most recently observed on or about October 25, 2013, on E. Thomas Str., at or about N. Arlington Heights Rd., where the employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by moving vehicles while performing flagging tasks within an active roadway without sign paddles or flags to safely transfer vehicular traffic, as required by the Part VI of the MUTCD 1988 Edition, Section 6E-4.     The A-1 Sewer and Water Contractors, Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.201(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 890565, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on April 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at Howard Str., & Lehigh Ave., Niles, IL 60714.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Nov 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $8,800 · Current $4,840 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(b) or 1926.652(c):   a)  Employees were not protected from the hazard of cave-in while working in a trench measuring approximately 5.6 feet in depth.   The A-1 Sewer and Water Contractors, Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 890565, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on April 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at Howard Str., & Lehigh Ave., Niles, IL 60714 and OSHA inspection number 242701, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on April 10, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 6908 Church Str., Morton Grove, IL 60053.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).