OSHA Inspection: DOUGLAS N. HIGGINS, INC.

Issued

2018-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12934.00 · Current $12934.00

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:  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not instruct the employees on the established signals for movement of trench boxes, and the safe entry and exit from a trench in which unsupported road plates were being used.

Issued

2018-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $129336.00 · Current $129336.00

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 November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were permitted to work in a trench excavation, approximately 7 feet deep with type C soil, that was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system, in that employees had to enter and exit the trench box by traveling in the area of the trench excavation where inadequately supported 8 x 20 road plates were used.

Issued

2018-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to struck-by-hazards:    On or about November 15, 2017, Respondent permitted employees to work in a trench excavation, approximately seven feet deep, where they were exposed to crushed-by hazards where two steel road plates were not secured to prevent them from falling over.      One feasible method of abatement is to properly secure the road plates.

Issued

2018-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $20326.00 · Current $20326.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(g)(1)(i): Where oxygen deficiency (atmospheres containing less than 19.5 percent oxygen) or a hazardous atmosphere exists or could reasonably be expected to exist, such as in excavations in landfill areas or excavations in areas where hazardous substances are stored nearby, the atmospheres in the excavation shall be tested before employees enter excavations greater than 4 feet (1.22 m) in depth:  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed job site, the employer did not perform atmospheric testing for a hazardous atmospheres while employees who were removing and installing residential sewer lines inside a trench excavation which was greater than 4-feet or more in depth and where toxic gases were likely to be present.   Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii) or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1249047, citation number 02, Item number 001, and was affirmed as a final order on 11/07/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 27 Bougainville Road, Stock Island, Florida.                                  Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1203(e) (2)(iii) or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1243748, citation number 01, Item number 003, and was affirmed as a final order on 08/04/2017, with respect to a workplace located at IFO 181 Long Key Road, Key Largo, Florida.

Issued

2018-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.251(e)(8)(iii): Synthetic web sling(s) were not immediately removed from service when snags, punctures, tears, or cuts were present:  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer permitted employees to use a sling that was torn in multiple areas to hoist a compactor.