OSHA Inspection: E & E SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Jul 30, 2015

Abate by

Aug 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:  a) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL, employees working in excavations over 5 feet deep had not been trained on basic excavation safety hazards. Employees were not aware of the requirements for safe sloping, or when a ladder was needed, and had never had any safety training relating to excavation safety.

Issued

Jul 30, 2015

Abate by

Aug 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, Saint Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees entered a 5 ft. 8 in. deep excavation and a ladder was not used, rather, employees walked down the bank walls of the excavation.

Issued

Jul 30, 2015

Abate by

Aug 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:  a) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees worked on excavations 5 ft. 8 in. deep with inadequate sloping and no other protective means such as, but not limited to, shoring and shielding. A competent person was not on site for any of the excavation work.

Issued

Jul 30, 2015

Abate by

Aug 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees were working in an unprotected excavation that was 5 ft. and 8in. deep. The North bank of the excavation was sloped to 54.3 degrees from the horizontal and the south side was at a 90 degree angle from the horizontal (straight wall). No alternate cave-in protection such as shoring or any other accepted method was in place. The soil was type C. Employees working in the excavation were exposed to cave-in hazards due to inadequate sloping and lack of any other method of cave-in protection.