OSHA Inspection: HOME BUILDERS SERVICES INC.

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:    (a)  On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not have a written permit required confined space program for permit spaces that the employer directed employees to enter.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(H):  The employer did not verify that a permit space was safe for entry by taking pre-entry measures and through written certification of those measures, including the date, location of the space, and the signature of the person providing the certification:      (a) On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure employees were safe from hazards in the hopper of a New Way Series Mammoth Front Loader, a permit space, by ensuring steps to eliminate or control the hazards in the space were taken and certified before allowing entry.        Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:    (a)  On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, employees were exposed to hazards within a permit required confined spaced without being warned of the hazards at the hatch entrance to the hopper on a New Way Mammoth Series trash truck with a sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or similar language.    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a)  On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees cleaning the hoppers of trash trucks were protected from hazardous energy by implementing a lockout/tag out program.    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii): Procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(A), (c)(4)(ii)(B), (c)(4)(ii)(C) and (c)(4)(ii)(D):    (a)  On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees were safe from hazardous energy with an appropriate procedure that included the scope, authorization, rules, and means of enforcement, to execute before cleaning out the hopper of the New Way Mammoth Series trash trucks.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2014-12-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv): The employer did not certify that employee training had been accomplished and kept up to date:    (a)  On or about November 6, 2014, and at times prior, the employer did not certify that employees who must lockout the blade in the hopper of the New Way Mammoth Series trash truck before cleaning inside the hopper, had been trained on the procedure in place.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").