OSHA Inspection: GEO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $4,053 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 935 E. HWY 332 in Lake Jackson, TX; on or about April 11, 2016; employees worked within a 15 foot deep excavation and were not trained to recognize, control or eliminate hazards, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.        b) At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX; on or about July 11, 2016; employees worked within a 14.5 foot deep excavation and were not trained to recognize, control or eliminate hazards, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.         c) At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX; on or about July 11, 2016; the employer did not provide training to prohibit employees from riding in the bucket of a Caterpillar 336FL excavator, exposing the employee to fall hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,731 · Current $5,675 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) a) At 935 E. HWY 332 in Lake Jackson, TX on or about April 11, 2016; employees worked within a 14 foot deep excavation and safe means of egress was not provided as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.        b) At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX on or about July 11, 2016; employees worked within a 14.5 foot deep excavation and safe means of egress was not provided as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $5,674 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:        a) At 935 E. HWY 332 in Lake Jackson, TX on or about April 11, 2016; the employer did not have a competent person conduct daily inspections of excavations and adjacent areas, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.         b) At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX on or about July 11, 2016; the employer did not have a competent person conduct daily inspections of excavations and adjacent areas, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $9,604 · Current $6,242 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 935 E. HWY 332 in Lake Jackson, TX on or about April 11, 2016; employees worked within a 14 foot deep excavation without adequate protective systems, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $5,674 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b): The slopes and configurations of sloping and benching systems were not in accordance with the requirement options of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4):        At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX on or about July 11, 2016; employees worked within a 14.5 foot deep excavation where the configuration of sloping was not in accordance with requirements, exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 19, 2016

Abate by

Sep 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $4,866 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows the ladder side rails was not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access or the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail  was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder.           At 4815 Fairmont Pkwy in Pasadena, TX on or about July 11, 2016; employees used a ladder whose side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing and was not secured, exposing employees to fall hazards.