OSHA Inspection: MARTIN DEVELOPMENT, LLC

Issued

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3563.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation.    (a) Location -77 Elm Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts;  On or about June 22, 2016, employees were performing masonry work in a trench where water was allowed to accumulate.

Issued

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(i)(1): Where the stability of adjoining buildings, walls, or other structures was endangered by excavation operations, support systems such as shoring, bracing or underpinning was not provided to ensure the stability of such structures for the protection of employees.  (a) Location -77 Elm Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts; On or about June 22, 2016, employees were not protected from the cave in or collapse while working adjacent to an adjoining building where the soil beneath the grade beam was sloughing away.

Issued

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $3400.00 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 designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(c).     (a) Location -77 Elm Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts;  On or about June 22, 2016, employees performing masonry work in a trench that was greater than 5 feet deep were not protected from cave in or collapse.

Issued

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3563.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.    (a) Location -77 Elm Street, Amesbury, Massachusetts;  On or about June 22, 2016, employees performing masonry in a trench were accessing the trench by walking by unprotected rebar.