OSHA Inspection: LOTUS CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3105.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), wherein the employer did not initiate and maintain safety, health, and accident prevention programs, as may be necessary to comply with this part, such as a: written permit space program; consisting of a written permit space survey by a Competent Person, testing for hazardous atmospheres and an employee training/employee safety behavior modification program/policy, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives:  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), wherein the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, and during which the employer did not have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.   NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3105.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before work begins, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees are to enter and evaluates any permit required confined spaces:    On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), wherein before the work began, the employer did not ensure that a Competent Person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees were to enter, and did not evaluate any permit required confined spaces, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.       NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(1): Before work begins, the employer did not ensure that if the workplace contains one or more permit spaces, that the employer who identifies, or who receives notice of, a permit space informed exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space.  A sign reading "DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER" or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign:  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit),  wherein before the work began, the employer did not ensure that exposed employees were informed that the workplace contained one or more permit spaces, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.   NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), wherein the employer did not conduct, nor did the employer initiate and maintain programs which would provide for frequent and regular safety/health inspection(s) of the job site, material and equipment by a competent person, and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.  NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $3885.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(3): The employer did not isolate the permit space and physical hazard(s) within the space:    On or about November 15, 2017, at the above addressed jobsite, employees were performing construction type work activities, to include permit required confined space entry activities (elevator pit), during which the employer did not isolate the permit space, nor the elevators energy (locked-out/tagged-out), and wherein an employee who was working in an elevator pit, was crushed by an elevator car and was subsequently seriously injured and hospitalized, and also resulted in exposing the other employees working at this job site to permit space physical hazards.     NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.