OSHA Inspection: STEVENS AND LAYTON, INC.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Abate by

May 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,185 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. At the site, employees were exposed to struck by hazards, in that, training and education was not provided relating to safety requirements for excavations, to include at a minimum, shoring and sloping requirements, the various types of soil classifications, placing and handling the spoil so that it did not present a hazard to employees, safe means of egress to and from an excavation, on or about 10/21/2015.     b. At the site, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard, in that, training and education was not provided relating to hazards such as, but not limited to, handling material while inside a trench by using the excavator bucket to lower material such as gravel over the employees, on or about 10/21/2015.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $36,000 · Current $7,000 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. On Edgewater Drive west of the intersection with Midway Blvd, employees were exposed to a struck by hazard while installing a 10 inch sanitary sewer pipe and a 12 inch reclaim water pipe, in that, excavators were driven on top of the spoil which was placed right at the edge of the north excavation wall which was 10 feet deep and 250 feet long, on or about 10/21/2015.

Issued

Apr 18, 2016

Penalty

Initial $63,000 · Current $17,815 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 paragraphs (b) or (c) of this section:     a. On Midway Blvd, at the south side of the intersection with Edgewater Drive, employees were exposed to a caught in hazard, in that, shoring or sloping was not used to protect employees when installing a 10 inch sanitary sewer pipe in an excavation with type "C" soil which was 10 feet deep, 45 feet long and 17 feet wide, on or about 10/21/2015.    b. On Edgewater Drive west of the intersection with Midway Blvd, employees were exposed to a caught in hazard, in that, shoring or sloping was not used to protect employees when installing a 10 inch sanitary sewer pipe and a 12 inch reclaim water pipe in an excavation with type "C" soil which was 10 feet deep, 250 feet long and 15 feet wide, on or about 10/21/2015.