OSHA Inspection: JVA ENGINEERING CONTRACTOR INC.

Issued

2019-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3713.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation:    On or about 05/06/2019, IFO 2525 NW 82 Avenue, Doral, Florida, employees were exposed to drowning or engulfment hazards while working in a trench and catch basin where water was accumulating.

Issued

2019-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3713.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c): Design of support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems.  Designs of support systems shield systems, and other protective systems selected and constructed by the employer or his designee were not in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c)(1); or in the alternative, paragraph (c)(2); or in the alternative, paragraph (c)(3); or in the alternative, paragraph (c)(4) as follows:      On or about 05/06/2019, IFO 2525 NW 82 Avenue, Doral, Florida, employees were permitted to work in an excavation that was 8-feet deep in type C soil that was inadequately supported by road plates.

Issued

2019-06-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $3713.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(e)(1)(i): Members of support systems were not securely connected together to prevent sliding, falling, kickouts, or other predictable failure:    On or about 05/06/2019, IFO 2525 NW 82 Avenue, Doral, Florida, the employer failed to securely connect road plates that were being used as cave-in protection exposing employees in the trench to a struck-by hazard.