OSHA Inspection: DAVID G. HORSEY & SONS, INC.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $9,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 SECTION (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and  a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck by hazards:     a) Roadway in front of Lot 210 and 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards created by vehicular traffic while performing sewer inspection and testing operations in the east bound travel lane of a partially completed road.     Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method of abatement to correct this hazard is to ensure all workers who must occupy the right-of-way to conduct operations establish Traffic Control Zones and wear a high visibility vest in accordance with Section 6  Temporary Traffic Control of the Federal Highway Administrations Manual on Uniform Traffic control Devices, 2009 Edition with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated , dated May 2012 and ANSI/ISEA 1072004 publication entitled American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear (see Section 1A.11), or equivalent revisions, and labeled as meeting the ANSI 107-2004 standard performance for Class 2 or 3 risk exposure.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $9,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(1): Construction areas were not posted with legible traffic signs at points of hazard.    a)  Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not ensure the construction area had posted legible traffic signs and barriers at points of hazards prior to beginning work.  Employees working in and around manholes in the roadway were not protected from struck-by hazards by placement of legible traffic signs or barriers.  An employee was fatally struck by a backing construction vehicle while standing near a manhole where testing was being performed.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site:    a)  Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not have a written permit space program for manhole entry to conduct inspection and testing of newly constructed sewer lines.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(b): The employer had not identified and evaluation the hazards of the permit required confined space before employee entry:    a) Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of PRCS before allowing employees to enter manholes to conduct inspection and testing of newly constructed sewer lines.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(ii): When entrance covers are removed, the opening was not immediately guarded by a railing, temporary cover, or other temporary barrier that did not prevent an accidental fall through the opening and that did not protect each employee working in the space from foreign objects entering the space.     a)  Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not ensure manhole openings were guarded to protect employees from falling through the opening or protect employees in the space from foreign objects from entering the space.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(6): Did not provide pedestrian, vehicle, or other barriers as necessary to protect entrants from external hazards:    a) Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not provide barriers to protect entrants from external hazards such as but not limited to moving vehicles.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $6,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii): (iii) Before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested, with a calibrated direct-reading instrument, for oxygen content, for flammable gases and vapors, and for potential toxic air contaminants, in that order. Any employee who entered the space, or that employee's authorized representative, was not provided an opportunity to observe the pre-entry testing required by this paragraph.    a) Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not ensure internal atmospheric testing was conducted before employees entered manhole openings to conduct testing on newly constructed sewer lines.

Issued

Aug 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,501 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:    a) Roadway in front of Lot 210 and Lot 211, Haslet Road, Governors, Lewes, DE: On or about February 19, 2019, the employer did not provide training to each employee involved in confined space entry.  Employees who engaged in entry of to perform inspection and testing of sewer lines did not receive training to ensure they possessed the understanding,  knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of assigned duties.