CLEARFIELD, PA —
OSHA Inspection: NATALIE'S EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of NATALIE'S EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION in MILL ROAD, CLEARFIELD, PA 16830 (NAICS 238990). OSHA activity number 342054004.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- NATALIE'S EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION
- Site address
- MILL ROAD
- City
- CLEARFIELD
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16830
- Mailing
- 2193 TIARA DRIVE, TYRONE, PA 16686
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238990
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
9 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B01
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $1,630 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as may be necessary to comply with this part: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition; Clearfield Middle School - On or about 1/25/17, and at times prior thereto, an accident prevention program had not been initiated and maintained.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (S) $1630
- — Z (S) $1630
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition; Clearfield Middle School - On or about 1/25/17, and at times prior thereto, employees had not been trained on hazards associated with construction operations, including, but not limited to, the standards and hazards associated with fall protection and demolition.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.501 B10
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $3,803 · Current $500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition; Clearfield Middle School - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, personnel were working at the edge of a flat roof without fall protection. The employee was shoveling rock off of the roof. Personnel were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12-16 feet. B.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition; Clearfield Middle School - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, personnel were riding a tractor on a flat roof without fall protection. The tractor was moving rock to the edge of the roof. Personnel were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12-16 feet.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $500
- — C (S) $3803
- — Z (S) $3803
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, employees were not provided with fall protection training. The employee was shoveling rock off of the roof without utilizing any means of fall protection. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 12-16 feet.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.501 A02
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,173 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): The employer did not determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees were to work on, had the strength and structure integrity to support employees safely: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition; Clearfield Middle School - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, personnel were working on a roof without a determination being made as to the structural stability and weight limits of the roof. A tractor was being operated on the roof to facilitate the removal of stone. Employees were also on the roof hand shoveling stone.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $2173
- — Z (S) $2173
1926.850 A
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.850(a): Evidence in writing was not available that an engineering survey performed by a competent person had been performed prior to permitting employee(s) to start demolition operations: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, a demolition plan/engineering survey was not developed for the demolition work conducted at the Clearfield Middle School. Demolition operations included, but were not limited to, the removal of stone from the roof. A tractor and a worker were on the roof removing stone.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.501 C
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $2,716 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(c): When employees were exposed to falling objects the employer did not require employees to wear hard hats and did not implement measures to prevent objects from falling from higher levels as set forth in (c)(1)-(3) of this section: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, personnel were removing rocks from the roof with mechanical equipment. The mechanical equipment included, but was not limited to, a tractor that was driven around and to the edge of the roof. Methods were not utilized to prevent the tractor from falling off of the roof and onto employees on the ground or in the loader. In addition, no measures were used to keep rocks from hitting the personnel the ground.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $2716
- — Z (S) $2716
1926.852 A
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.852(a): Material was dropped to points lying outside the exterior walls of the structure which had not been effectively protected: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, personnel were working on a roof surface shoveling rock off of the roof onto the ground below. Chutes or other means of protection were not used for the falling rock.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.856 B
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.856(b): During demolition operation(s), openings did not have curbs or stop-logs to prevent the mechanical equipment from running over the edge: A.) Natalie's Excavation and Demolition - On or about 1/24/17, and at times prior thereto, a tractor was being utilized on a roof surface to shovel rock to the edge of the roof. The roof did not have any means to prevent the tractor from being driven off the edge of the roof.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342054004.
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