OSHA Inspection: CGP GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $1663.00 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:  Location:  Job site  Employees were not adequately trained in the hazards of excavation work.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  Location:  Elevator pit excavation  Employees working in the excavation did not wear hard hats despite being exposed to a falling object hazard from stones and other materials.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face:  Jobsite:    Loose, exposed rock had not been removed from excavation walls.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 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).  Location:  Corner of excavation where elevator pit is to be constructed.  Employees were exposed to a cave-in hazard from an un-shored and un-sloped excavation that was up to approximately 15 feet deep.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1386.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(2): Ladder rungs, cleats, and/or steps were not parallel, level, and uniformly spaced when the ladder was in position for use:  Location:  Elevator pit excavation.  Rungs on the job-made ladder used to access the excavation were not evenly spaced.

Issued

2018-06-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  Location:  Job-made portable ladder in the elevator pit excavation.  The side rails of the ladder used to access the excavation did not extend at least 3 feet above the side of the excavation and the ladder was not secured to prevent it's displacement.