OSHA Inspection: SITECRAFTERS OF FLORIDA, INC.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4527.00 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:    a.  On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL, behind the east side of the building, the foreman allowed an untrained employee to work in a trench that was 10 feet deep, 10 feet wide at the bottom, and in class "C" soil, without proper cave-in protection.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6596.00 · Current $3298.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    a. On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL employees working in a trench that was 10 feet deep, 10 feet wide at the bottom, 17 feet wide at the top, and over 60 feet long did not have a safe means of egress, in that, the portable extension ladder used to access the trench was positioned 40 feet away from the location where the employees were working in the trench.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $9054.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2): Where the competent person found evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employee(s) was/were not removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety:     a. On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL, the foreman, who was also the competent person noticed fissures and cracks along the unprotected walls of a 10 foot deep trench, in type C soil, while conducting his daily inspection and still allowed employees and himself to work in a trench without cave-in protection.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4527.00 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. On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL, cave-in protection was not provided to employees working in a trench that measured 10 feet deep, 10 feet wide on the bottom, 17 feet wide on the top, over 60 feet long and with type "C" soil.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4527.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(g)(1)(ii): Shields were not installed in a manner to restrict lateral or other hazardous movement of the shield in the event of the application of sudden lateral loads:    a.  On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL, employees were working in and around a trench box in type "C" soil and the area around the shields were not protected from lateral movements. The employees were exposed to caught between hazards, in that, they could have been pinned between the shields, the concrete pipe inside the trench box, and the bucket of the excavator, that was inside the trench box too.

Issued

2018-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4398.00 · Current $2199.00 Reduced

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:    a. On or about 6/14/18, at 4425 E. Fletcher Ave in Tampa, FL, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 10 feet, while working in an excavation and using a portable extension ladder that did not extend 3 feet past the landing surface.