OSHA Inspection: OG PLUMBING LLC

Issued

Dec 5, 2016

Abate by

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1):  The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:     OG Plumbing LLC., failed to certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after the abatement date that each of the following cited violations had been corrected:     Citation Number                       Item Number                            Abatement Date  02                                            02                                            09/29/2016        In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,231 · Current $8,231

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):  Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a)  Employees working in a trench were not wearing protective helmets where there was a possible danger of head injury from falling objects.  No abatement certification or documentation is required for this item.

Issued

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $41,153 · Current $41,153

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 (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees:     The employer does not provide a stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress to each employee when working in a trench approximately 5.5 feet deep.         a)  This most recently occurred on March 28, 2016, at 1036 Washington Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois.  Employees are not provided with a safe means of egress when working in a trench approximately 5.5 feet deep.     To abate this hazard in the future, the employer must ensure that safe means of access and egress is provided to employees when working in the trench, and that no employees enter the trench until the safe means of access/egress is provided.       This employer has been cited for this practice that included: OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 962359, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3624 N. Janssen Ave., Chicago, IL 60613.    This employer has been cited for this practice that included: OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 767522, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on January 31, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at N. Damen Ave. & W. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60622.    Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect it's employees so that a safe means of access/egress is provided while working in excavations.

Issued

Sep 23, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $82,305 · Current $82,305

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):  Each employee in an excavation is not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(b) or 1926.652(c):      The employer does not protect each employee in its excavations by properly sloping the excavation or by using appropriate protective systems designed in accordance with paragraphs (b) or (c) of 29 CFR 1926.652.        a)  This most recently occurred on March 28, 2016, at 1036 Washington Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois. Employees are exposed to cave-in hazards while installing a water service in a trench without cave-in protection that is approximately 5.5 feet in depth.          To abate this hazard in the future, the employer must ensure that it's excavations are properly sloped, or that protective systems designed in accordance with this standard are used, and that no employees enter the excavations until protection is provided.    This employer has been cited for this practice that included: OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 962359, citation number 2, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3624 N. Janssen Ave., Chicago, IL 60613.     This employer has been cited for this practice that included: OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 826502, citation 1, item 1a, and was affirmed as a final order on March 25, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1809 W. Ohio St., Chicago Illinois 60622.      This employer has been cited for this practice that included: OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 767522 citation 1, item 2a, and was affirmed as a final order on January 31, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at N. Damen Ave. & W. Erie St., Chicago Illinois 60622.       Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect it's employees from excavation cave-ins.