OSHA Inspection: AREA SEPTIC INSTALLATION, INC.

Issued

Oct 26, 2017

Abate by

Feb 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    (a) The employer did not ensure that an inspection was conducted by a competent person of the connecting device of a Link Belt excavator, model #145X3. During work activities on or about July 27, 2017 an employee was injured when the bucket of the excavator disconnected, falling onto an employee.       (b) The employer did not ensure that a safety program was implemented that called for frequent and regular inspections of items including, but not limited to, fall hazards, struck-by hazards, electrical hazards and caught-in-between hazards.

Issued

Oct 26, 2017

Abate by

Nov 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) The employer did not ensure that both a visual and manual analysis of the soil was conducted. A visual analysis was conducted but not a manual test. The employees were exposed to struck-by hazard and caught-in-between hazards while working in the excavation.

Issued

Oct 26, 2017

Abate by

Nov 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $0 Reduced

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) The employer did not ensure that employees were trained in recognizing excavation hazards and implementing excavation protection.

Issued

Oct 26, 2017

Abate by

Nov 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,803 · Current $2,284 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)(ii): 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)(ii):  Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph 29 CFR 1926.652(b) or 29 CFR 1926.652(c) of this section except when: excavations are less than 5 feet (1.52 m) in depth and examination of the ground by a competent person provides no indication of a potential cave-in.      (a) The employer did not ensure that excavation protection was utilized for the protection of employees working in an excavation.