OSHA Inspection: CHERRY HILL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12346.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to crushing and fall hazards:    Worksite: The employer did not ensure through providing appropriate means of access, training and specific instructions and visual observation that the employee required to work in an excavation approximately 10 feet deep was accessing to/from the excavation safely at all times. The employee was exposed to crushing and fall hazards while riding the bucket of a Caterpillar excavator in order to access the bottom of the excavation.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7496.00 · Current $4500.00 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.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee who was required to work in the 10 feet deep excavation was provided with a means of egress by the use of a stairway, ramp or ladder.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8819.00 · Current $4500.00 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.    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the excavation in which an employee was required to work was inspected by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in a cave-in or other hazardous conditions.

Issued

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8819.00 · Current $5000.00 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). The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i).    Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee who was required to work in the 10 feet deep excavation was protected from the cave-ins by the use of appropriate cave-in protection devices and or systems.