OSHA Inspection: DIGGUM UP, INC.

Issued

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $830.00 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

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1225.00 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(b) or 1926.652(c):       a)  Employees were not protected from the hazard of cave-in while working in a trench measuring approximately 5.7 feet in depth.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $845.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:       a)  Fly section of the extension ladder used by employees to access and egress the trench was not long enough to have its side rails extended at least 3 feet above the ground.     No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

2015-01-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4):  Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:    a)  Employees were using a fly section of the extension ladder to access and egress a trench.    No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.