ARLINGTON, GA ·
OSHA Inspection: J & B IRRIGATION, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of J & B IRRIGATION, INC. in GEORGIA HIGHWAY 62, ARLINGTON, GA 39813 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 342443215.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- J & B IRRIGATION, INC.
- Site address
- GEORGIA HIGHWAY 62
- City
- ARLINGTON
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 39813
- Mailing
- 33370 GEORGIA HIGHWAY 45, MORGAN, GA 39866
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237110
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.501 A02
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): Employees were allowed to work on surfaces which did not have the requisite strength and structural integrity. a). At the worksite - On or about June 19, 2017, an employee was allowed to work from a top horizontal brace of the pivot point of a Valley Pivot Point Irrigation System (model: 7000/8000) that did not have the necessary strength and structural integrity to support the employee, thus exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately eight feet.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $5070
- · Z (S) $5070
1926.501 B15
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $7,243 · Current $7,243
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15): Each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 meters) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system. a). At the worksite - On or about June 19, 2017, an employee worked from a top horizontal brace of the pivot point of a Valley Pivot Point Irrigation System Irrigation System (model: 7000/8000) without the use of a fall protection system, thus exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately eight feet.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $7243
- · C (S) $7243
- · Z (S) $7243
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced
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). At the worksite - On or about June 19, 2017, the employer did not have a fall protection training program that addressed the recognition of fall hazards and fall protection methods when work was performed from the pivot point of a Valley Pivot Point Irrigation System (model: 7000/8000), thus exposing an employee to a fall hazard of approximately eight feet.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $5070
- · Z (S) $5070
1926.1051 A
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairways or ladders were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided. a). At the worksite - On or about June 19, 2017, a stairway or ladder was not provided to an employee for access to the pivot point of a Valley Pivot Point Irrigation System (model: 7000/8000) to perform alignment of the pivot point and the first tower flanges, thus exposing the employee to a fall hazard of approximately eight feet.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $5070
- · Z (S) $5070
1904.29 A
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,268 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent forms to document recordable injuries and illnesses. a). At the worksite - On or about June 19, 2017, the employer did not use the OSHA Form 300 or an equivalent form to record the work-related death of an employee that occurred on June 19, 2017.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $0
- · C (O) $1268
- · Z (O) $1268
1904.39 A01
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,054 · Current $9,054
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report a work-related death of an employee within eight (8) hours of the death. a). At the workplace - On or about June 30, 2017, the employer did not report a work-related death that occurred on June 19, 2017 to OSHA within eight (8) hours of the death.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $9054
- · C (O) $9054
- · Z (O) $9054
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 342443215.
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