OSHA Inspection: DUTTON CONSTRUCTION AND PLUMBING, LLC

Issued

2015-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $560.00 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/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    At the jobsite located at 801 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS; employees laying pipe in an excavation were exposed to hazards including but not limited to slips and falls, cave-in,  and struck-by hazards in that employees had not been trained to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions associated with excavations and the regulations applicable to the work environment.

Issued

2015-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $320.00 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:  At the jobsite located at 801 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS, employees working in the excavation at depths of up to approximately 5 feet, 6 inches were exposed to trip, fall and cave in hazards in that a safe means of egress was not provided.

Issued

2015-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $560.00 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:  At the jobsite located at 801 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS, employees laying pipe in an excavation were exposed to struck by and cave in hazards, in the spoil piles were not at least 2 feet back from the edge of the excavation on the east and west sides.

Issued

2015-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $560.00 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:  At the jobsite located at 801 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS; employees laying pipe in an excavation were exposed to cave-in hazards in that the excavation and adjacent areas were not inspected by a competent person prior to the start of the work for evidence of situations that could result in possible cave-ins.  The excavation was greater than 5 feet in depth without a protective system, did not have a safe means of egress, and had spoil piles that were not back at least two feet from the excavation.

Issued

2015-11-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $560.00 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):  At the jobsite located at 801 E. Douglas, Wichita, KS; employees laying storm pipe in an excavation up to 5 feet 6 inches in depth were exposed to cave-in hazards in that a protective system was not used.  The excavation was approximately 44 feet long and the width ranged from 10 to 19 feet across.