OSHA Inspection: CHAPELWOOD PLUMBING ELECTRICAL HVAC INC.

Issued

2018-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $3880.00

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:    a) Instruction on the requirements in the OSHA standard(s) for preventing injury from trench collapse, including benching/sloping methods and protective systems, was not provided to each employee working inside a trench of 7 1/2 foot depth out front of a single-family house at 199 Jordan Rd in Colonia NJ.  Employee(s) were exposed to cave-in hazard due to failure to bench, slope, or shore the vertical soil walls; or to provide protective shield system such as trench box.    Condition(s) were noted on or about 11/29/2017.

Issued

2018-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $25867.00 · Current $13905.00 Reduced

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).    a) Employee(s) worked within a trench of 7 1/2 ft depth dug in the front yard and street out front of single-family house at 199 Jordan Rd in Colonia NJ, where soil walls were not benched or sloped in accordance with 1926.652(b); nor was shoring or shield system installed to protect employee(s) from soil wall collapse which complied with 1926.652(c).     Condition(s) existed on and before 11/29/2017.