OSHA Inspection: LOUIS RUSTY LEPERE

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2200.00 · Current $1848.00 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:      The employer did not ensure that employees were trained to control or eliminate head injury hazards from falling objects.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $0.00 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:      Head protective equipment was not used when employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working in an area where material could fall on them from a higher level.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3080.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation:     The employer did not ensure accumulated water was removed from an excavation before allowing employees to enter into the excavation.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15400.00 · Current $9240.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):  Employees in excavations were not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraphs (b) sloping and benching or (c) support/shield/protective systems of this section:      The employer failed to provide cave-in protection such as sloping, benching, or use of a trench box when an employee was working in an excavation 7 feet in depth, 8 feet wide, 32 feet in length, and comprised of material consistent with that of a Type B soil.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $3696.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2):  A stairway, ladder, ramp, or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel for employees:      The employer did not ensure that a safe means of egress, such as a stairway, ladder or ramp was provided for employees working in a trench that was seven (7) feet in depth.    The employer (Louis LePere dba Rustys Excavating) was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.651(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313015922, citation number 01, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 07/13/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 1149 Hightower, Lot #165, O Fallon,  IL  62236.

Issued

2015-03-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $3696.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2):  Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations:      The employer did not ensure that spoil piles were positioned at least 2 feet from the edge of the trench when an employee was working in a trench that was 7 feet in depth and 32 feet in lateral length.     The employer (Louis LePere dba Rustys Excavating) was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.651(j)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 313015922, citation number 01, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on 07/13/2010, with respect to a workplace located at 1149 Hightower, Lot #165, O Fallon,  IL  62236.