OSHA Inspection: GLENN BURGESS PLUMBING, INC.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Abate by

Mar 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 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) Jobsite - On or about December 7, 2018, employees performing work to connect a residential sewer line to the municipal water system were not provided with adequate training to recognize the hazards associated with excavation work and the necessary precautions to prevent unsafe conditions such as but not limited to cave-in hazards, resulting in caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Abate by

Mar 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:    a) Jobsite - On or about December 7, 2018, employees working inside an excavation that was up to 9 feet deep were not safeguarded from head injuries such as but not limited to soil from the spoil pile, thus exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:    a) North East Side of Sewer Tap Excavation/Tail Ditch - On or about December 7, 2018, employees were working in the bottom of excavation that was up to about 9 feet deep where the spoil pile was located at the edge of the excavation, thus exposing employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Abate by

Mar 13, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions.  An inspection was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:     a) Sewer Tap Excavation/Tail Ditch - On or about December 7, 2018, employees were working in the bottom of an unprotected excavation that was up to about 9 feet deep that had not been inspected by a competent person, thus exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 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 1926.652(c):    a) Sewer Tap Excavation/Tail Ditch - On or about December 7, 2018, employees were allowed to perform work in an excavation without adequate cave-in protection in Type B soil to connect a residential sewer line to the municipal water system, thus exposing employees to caught-in and engulfment hazards in an excavation that was up to about 9 feet deep.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where (a) portable ladder(s) was/were used for access to an upper level landing surface and the ladder's length did not allow the ladder side rails to extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed, the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and/or a grasping device was not provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder:    a) Excavation - On or about December 7, 2018, employees were exposed to fall hazards of up to about 9 feet while using an aluminum extension ladder to gain access and egress from an excavation in that:  The side rails of the ladder were not extended at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface; or the ladder was not secured at its top to a rigid support that would not deflect and a grasping device was not provided for mounting and dismounting the ladder.

Issued

Feb 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, within (24) twenty-four hours:    a) At Facility - On or about December 7, 2018, the employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization within 24 hours of an employee being hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries from being caught in an excavation when it collapsed.