OSHA Inspection: ABBOTT CONTRACTING COMPANY

Issued

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,080 · Current $432 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:   a) Excavation - Street - Next to Pole G1501HBH: Employee without any head protection was exposed to head injury while digging at the bottom of an excavation approximately 7 feet deep, on or about 8/28/15.

Issued

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,008 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)Excavation - Street - Next to Pole G1501HBH: Employee while inside at the bottom of an unprotected excavation, approximately 7 feet in depth, was not provided with a ladder as a safe means of egress and exposed to a cave in hazard, on or about 8/28/15.

Issued

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,080 · Current $432 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) Excavation - Street - Next to Pole G1501HBH: Employee  while inside at the bottom of an unprotected excavation, approximately 7 feet in depth, was exposed to struck by hazard from materials placed at the edge of the excavation, on or about 8/28/15.

Issued

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,008 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, hazardous atmospheres or other hazardous conditions:    a) Excavation - Street - Next to Pole G1501HBH: A competent person was not on site to make inspections as needed throughout the shift, on or about 8/28/15   Abatement note: To be "a competent person" under this standard, a person must have training in and be knowledgeable about, soils analysis, the use of protective systems and the requirements of this standard. Competent person means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings, or working conditions which are unsanitary, or dangerous to employees....

Issued

Oct 30, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,520 · Current $1,008 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 more than 5 feet deep:  a) Excavation - Street - Next to Pole G1501HBH: Employee  while inside at the bottom of an unprotected excavation, approximately 7 feet in depth, was exposed to a cave in hazard, on or about 8/28/15.