HARLEYSVILLE, PA —
OSHA Inspection: T.S. HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC.
Federal Agency inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency safety inspection of T.S. HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC. in HARLEYSVILLE PIKE & GRUBER RD., HARLEYSVILLE, PA 19441 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 343644167.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- T.S. HESS & SONS EXCAVATING INC.
- Site address
- HARLEYSVILLE PIKE & GRUBER RD.
- City
- HARLEYSVILLE
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19441
- Mailing
- PO BOX 484, PIPERSVILLE, PA 18947
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238910
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.1153 G01
- Issued
- May 9, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $3,220 · Current $2,400 Reduced
S900
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written silica exposure control plan: a) Construction site, Harleysville PA - On or about December 6, 2018, The employer did not establish and implement a written silica exposure control plan for employees performing tasks listed on Table 1 accepted as having anticipated exposures to crystalline silica.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2400
- — Z (S) $3220
1926.1153 C01
- Issued
- May 9, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
S900
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section: a) Construction site, Harleysville PA - On or about December 6, 2018, The employer did not properly implement the required engineering controls, work practices, or a respiratory protection as specified in table 1 and the employer did not assess exposure limits to silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, exposing employees using a Stihl TS 700 cut off saw to cut concrete pipe to silica inhalation hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1153 D02 I
- Issued
- May 9, 2019
- Abate by
- May 21, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
S900
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section: a) Construction site, Harleysville PA - On or about December 6, 2018, The employer did not assess exposure limits to silica for employees using a Stihl TS 700 cut off saw to cut concrete pipe in accordance with the performance option in paragraph (d) of this section.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1153 E01 II
- Issued
- May 9, 2019
- Abate by
- May 29, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
S900
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(1)(ii): Respiratory protection was not provided for tasks not listed in Table 1, or where the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection described in Table 1: a) Construction site, Harleysville PA - On or about December 6, 2018, The employer did not implement the engineering controls as required in Table 1 and the employer did not provide respiratory protection, for employees using a Stihl TS 700 cut off saw to cut concrete pipe (a Table 1 Task) exposing employees silica inhalation hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 343644167.
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