OSHA Inspection: POPPLE CONSTRUCTION INC

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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 the employee who rode the bucket of the hydraulic excavator into a trench was not protected from fall or struck by hazards.             a) Mundy Street and Bear Creek Boulevard - Employees were riding the bucket of the Komatsu PC 228us LC hydraulic excavator to be lowered into the excavation from approximately 12 feet deep above the sump box cover exposing the employee to fall or struck by hazards, observed on June 29, 2015.     Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

Nov 20, 2015

Abate by

Dec 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $9,800 · Current $7,000 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)  Excavation Around a Storm Water Box - An employee stood on top of a concrete storm water sump box to release the sling used to lower the box in to the excavation. The employee was 12 feet deep and there was no adequate sloping or other shoring in place, exposing the employee to a serious hazard, observed on or about 6-29-15.     The Popple Construction Inc. company was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard , which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314156589 , citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 8-11-10, with respect to a workplace located at Front and Broad Streets, Pittston, PA.    Abatement Certification and Documentation Required.