OSHA Inspection: EARTHWORX BOBCAT & EXCAVATING SERVICE

Issued

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $400.00 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 work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    At the job site, employee(s) were not instructed to recognize the following hazards:    a/  To wear hard hats while working within the swing radius of the Bobcat Excavator, m/n 331, s/n 234317411.    b/  To power portable hand tools such as the Chicago Electric Hammer Drill, s/n 371821407, with flexible cords designed for hard or extra-hard usage.

Issued

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a/  At the job site, one employee was standing adjacent to the bucket and boom belonging to the Bobcat Excavator, m/n 331, s/n 234317411, as it was being operated.  This employee was not wearing a hard hat.

Issued

2015-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(ii)(J):  Extension cord sets used with portable electric tools and appliances were not designed for hard or extra-hard usage:    a/  At the job site, the orange, flexible cord used to power the Chicago Electric Hammer Drill, s/n 371821407, was not designed for hard or extra hard usage.