OSHA Inspection: MILLIS EQUIPMENT RENTAL

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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, Avalon Subdivision, Sugar Land, TX; employees worked inside a trench excavation without any means of access or egress, exposing employees to engulfment hazards.

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection shall be provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face. Such protection shall consist of scaling to remove loose material; installation of protective barricades at intervals as necessary on the face to stop and contain falling material; or other means that provide equivalent protection:    At jobsite in Avalon Subdivision, Sugarland, TX; employer did not prevent loose material and spoils from falling into the excavation, exposing employees to struck by and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees shall be protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection shall be provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that are sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:  At jobsite in Avalon Subdivision, Sugarland, TX; employer did not ensure that a KOMATSU PC 200 Backhoe, KOMATSU PC 3000, spoils, tools, and materials such as pipes were not at least two feet from the edge of the excavation, exposing employees to struck by and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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 jobsite in Avalon Subdivision, Sugarland, TX; employer did not perform inspections of excavation for evidence of cave-ins, exposing employees to engulfment hazards.

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2): Where the competent person finds evidence of a situation that could result in a possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees shall be removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety:  At jobsite in Avalon Subdivision, Sugarland, TX: employer did not remove employees when there was evidence of cave-ins, exposing employees to engulfment hazards.

Issued

Apr 13, 2016

Abate by

May 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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:    At this site, Avalon Subdivision, Sugar Land, TX; employees were installing 6" sanitary pipes in an unprotected excavation approximately 7 feet deep by 12 feet wide; exposing employees to engulfment hazards.