OSHA Inspection: PIPELINE UTILITIES INCORPORATED

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 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:    On or about April 19, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employee were working in an excavation, for which the excavation, the adjacent areas and protective systems were not inspected by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins and/or indications of failure of protective systems; wherein the excavation/trench inspection revealed safety deficiencies, therefore exposing the employees to caught-in-between hazards, and asphyxiation injuries/death.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 (b) or (c):    On or about April 19, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employee were working in an excavation, which was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(c), nor had the employer complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i), therefore exposing the employees to caught-in-between and asphyxiation hazards.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a) The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:         On or about April 19, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were using a non-self-supporting (extension) ladder to gain access to an excavation, during which the employer had not provided training by a Competent Person to enable the employees to recognize hazards related to ladders, nor had the employer provided training by a Competent Person to the employees in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards, wherein the employees were unaware of the hazards and procedures, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.      NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2017-07-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    On or about April 19, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were using a non-self-supporting ladder to gain access to an excavation, wherein the ladders length did not permit the side rails to extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface being accessed, nor was the ladder secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, nor was a grasping device provided, such as a grab rail, to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder, therefore exposing the employees to a fall hazard.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.