OSHA Inspection: PA TEAM, INC.

Issued

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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 (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    (a) Trench, new residential construction located 3374 Lynne Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127: The employer allowed his employee to work in an excavation/trench that was 26-feet long by 3-feet wide by 9-feet deep with no safe means of egress, i.e. ladder, ramp, and or stairway.

Issued

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:    (a) Trench, new residential construction located at 3374 Lynne Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127: The employer allowed his employee to work in an excavation/trench that was 26-feet long by 3-feet wide by 9-feet deep with the spoils located less than 2 feet from the excavation edge with no retaining devices or sufficient means to prevent materials from falling into the excavation.

Issued

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:    (a) Trench, new residential construction located at 3374 Lynne Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127: An inspection of the excavation/trench was not performed by a competent person prior to employee entry to perform plumbing activities. An employee was allowed to work in a trench which was 9 feet deep with no safe egress, no cave-in protection and spoils located on the trench wall. The foreman directing the work on this jobsite failed to answer trench related safety questions which a competent person would have knowledge of.

Issued

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 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(c). The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i) in that the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one-half horizontal to one vertical.    (a) Trench, new residential construction located at 3374 Lynne Road, Powder Springs, GA 30127: Employee was exposed to cave-ins while working in a 3-foot wide x 26-foot long x 9-foot deep trench while installing 4-inch PVC sewer line to the main in type-b soil with no cave-in protective system in place.