OSHA Inspection: JM PEREIRA & SONS, INC.

Issued

2016-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(i)(3): Sidewalks, pavements, or appurtenant structures had been undermined and a support system or another method was not provided to protect employees from the possible collapse of such structures:    a) Carpenter St & South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working in an excavation approximately 10 feet deep in which the sidewalk was undermined and a support system was not installed to protect the employees from a possible collapse. This violation exposed the employees to struck-by hazards. This violation was observed on or about January 12, 2016.

Issued

2016-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2): Where the competent person found evidence of a situation that could result in a possible cave-in, exposed employees were not removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety:  a) Carpenter St & South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working in an excavation approximately 10 feet deep in which the competent person did not make a determination of a possible cave-in or stuck-by hazards. This violation exposed the employees to cave-in/struck-by hazards. This violation was observed on or about January 12, 2016.

Issued

2016-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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:    a) Carpenter St & South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employees were working in a basement foundation excavation approximately 10 feet deep in which the employees were not protected from cave-in hazards by a protective system. This violation exposed the employees to a cave-in hazard. This violation was observed on or about January 12, 2016.

Issued

2016-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): 1926.701(b):  All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) Carpenter St & South 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA - The employer did not install rebar caps on protruding rebar where employees were working thus exposing the employees to impalement hazards. This condition was observed on or around January 12, 2016.