OSHA Inspection: CHAMPION COMBUSTION, INC.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2173.00 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 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.    a) Job site at 9 Pruce St./1 Pace Plaza, NY: An employee was working in a trench excavation approximately 7 feet in depth  but the excavated material was not kept at least 2 feet from the edge of the excavation, on or about 08/23/17.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not made after every rainstorm or other hazard increasing occurrence:    a) Job site at 9 Pruce St./1 Pace Plaza, NY: An employee was working in a trench excavation approximately 7 feet in depth following stormy weather conditions without the presence of a competent person, on or about 08/23/17.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3042.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) Job site at 9 Pruce Street./1 Pace Plaza, NY: Worker exposed to impalement hazards while working in a 7 feet deep trench excavation in close proximity to unprotected rebar protruding from the trench, on or about 08/23/17.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1304.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a) Jobsite at 9 Pruce Street/1 Pace Plaza, NY: A portable A type ladder was not extended 3 feet above the landing surface of a 7 foot deep excavation, on or about 08/23/17.

Issued

2017-10-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Jobsite at 9 Pruce Street/1 Pace Plaza, NY: A portable A type ladder was used to access a 7 foot deep trench excavation, on or about 08/23/17.