BLOCK ISLAND, RI —
OSHA Inspection: HK&S CONSTRUCTION HOLDING CORP.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of HK&S CONSTRUCTION HOLDING CORP. in OLD HARBOR, BLOCK ISLAND, RI 02807 (NAICS 237990). OSHA activity number 340695469.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- HK&S CONSTRUCTION HOLDING CORP.
- Site address
- OLD HARBOR
- City
- BLOCK ISLAND
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 02807
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 6, NEWPORT, RI 02840
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237990
- Employees
- 40
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $4,410
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to drowning hazards while operating and repositioning an excavator on an unstable and overloaded floating landing craft/barge: (a) Old Harbor - Block Island: On or about 6/6/2015, employees were operating and repositioning a 78.4 ton Caterpillar 374 excavator on a 60 ton cargo capacity LCM-8 Landing Craft/Barge, which was overloaded and not properly secured to prevent it from capsizing.
Recent events (1)
- — Z (S) $4410
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340695469.
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