OSHA Inspection: EASTERN CONCRETE CORP.

Issued

2019-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1366.00 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:    a) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, NY - Employees were working below overhead hazards in an excavation site approximately 6ft. - 9ft. below ground and did not have head protection; on or about 01/29/2019.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2019-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2274.00 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) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, NY - Employees were working in an excavation site approximately 6ft - 9ft. deep and did not have a means to exit the excavation; on or about 01/29/2019.      Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2019-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2274.00 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) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, New York - Employees were installing concrete forms in an excavation site approximately 6ft - 9ft in deep. The spoil pile was placed on the edge of the excavation site, on or about 01/29/2019.    b) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, New York - Employees were installing concrete forms in an excavation site approximately 6ft - 9ft deep. Materials were stored on and over the edge of the excavation site, on or about 01/29/2019.      Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2019-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2274.00 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) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, NY - Employees were erecting concrete forms in an excavation site approximately 6ft.-9ft. deep. The excavation had vertical walls and the employees were not protected by cave-ins by an adequate protective system; on or about 01/29/2019.     Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

2019-07-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) Worksite, 21 Oakhurst Rd., Hampton Bays, NY - Employees were installing cast-in-place forms while working around uncapped rebar; on or about 01/29/2019.    Note:  The employer is required to submit abatement certification for this item in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19.