OSHA Inspection: WS AG CENTER, INC.

Issued

Nov 10, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $7,482

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:    On or about September 28th, 2016, the employer did not instruct each employee engaged in trenching activities on the hazards associated with performing such work.

Issued

Nov 10, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of the excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:    On or about September 28th, 2016, excavated materials were within 2 feet of the trench.

Issued

Nov 10, 2016

Abate by

Dec 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $0 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, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:    On or about September 28th, 2016, an inspection of a trench was not conducted by a competent person.

Issued

Nov 10, 2016

Abate by

Dec 9, 2016

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3): Recording a work-related injury or illness that results in days away from work.  When an injury or illness involved one or more days away from work occurred, the employer did not record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days column.  For cases where the employee was out for an extended period of time, the employer did not update the day count when the actual number of days was known:    On or about October 4th, 2016, the employer did not classify the following injury on the OSHA 300 Log for the calendar year 2016.     a. On or about September 28th, 2016, a recordable injury occurred when an employee broke his lower right leg when a piece of soil hit him while standing in a trench resulting in lost time but was not record as days away from work case.

Issued

Nov 10, 2016

Abate by

Nov 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, within (24) twenty-four hours:  On or about September 28th, 2016, the employer had an employee hospitalized due to a trenching collapse in which the employee broke his lower right leg and failed to report the hospitalization to OSHA within 24 hours.