OSHA Inspection: SOLID CONCRETE WALLS, INC.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Moving part(s) of equipment exposed to contact by employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: Employees engaged in rebar bending activities while utilizing a portable rebar bender were exposed to crushing and amputation hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not ensure that flexible power cables were used free from splices or frays; thus exposing employees to electrical shock hazards. Employees were utilizing frayed cables to power a portable rebar bender.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not ensure that the scaffold platform being utilized by employees was at least 18 inches wide; thus exposing employees to fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501(b):   a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: Employees walking on top of a foundation wall were not provided fall protection; thus exposing them to approximately 10 foot fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Apr 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: Employees walking on top of a foundation wall were not provided fall protection training; thus exposing them to approximately 10 foot fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,937 · Current $5,937

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not ensure that a support system was installed to prevent loose rock and soil from entering the excavation with type B soil to protect the employees from struck-by hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,875 · Current $11,875

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) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not ensure that a protective system was installed inside an excavation that was approximately 10 feet deep 10 feet in length and 8 feet wide, to protect the employees from caught in between hazards.   Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.  Solid Concrete Walls, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1371372, citation number 1, item number 1/a, and was affirmed as a final order on 30 JUL 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2120 East York Street, Philadelphia.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Apr 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer failed to instruct the employees who were working in an approximately 10 foot deep 10 foot long and 8 foot wide excavation without shoring, exposed reinforced steel, and unguarded machines  a way to avoid the unsafe work conditions.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.  Solid Concrete Walls, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1371372, citation number 1, item number 1/b, and was affirmed as a final order on 30 JUL 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2120 East York Street, Philadelphia.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Mar 11, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,875 · Current $11,875

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  a) 3320 East South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not ensure that protruding reinforced steel was guarded from impalement hazards; thus exposing employees to impalement and, trip and fall hazards.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.  Solid Concrete Walls, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1371372, citation number 1, item number 2/a, and was affirmed as a final order on 30 JUL 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2120 East York Street, Philadelphia.

Issued

Feb 28, 2020

Abate by

Apr 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): It shall be the responsibility of the employer to initiate and maintain an accident prevention program as may be necessary to comply with this part:  a) Jobsite located at 3320 South 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA: The employer did not develop and implement an accident prevention program to assist employees with hazards associated with their work operations.  Condition was observed on or about 5 SEP 2019.  Solid Concrete Walls, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1371372, citation number 1, item number 2/b, and was affirmed as a final order on 30 JUL 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2120 East York Street, Philadelphia.