OSHA Inspection: HUGHES BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $6,747 Reduced

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. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, untrained employees were directed to work in a trench that was 9 feet 4 inches deep, with vertical sides, and in previously disturbed class C soil.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders as necessary, enabling each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:  a. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, the extension ladder positioned as a means of egress, for untrained employees working in a trench, which was 9 feet 4 inches deep, with vertical sides, and in previously disturbed class C soil, was positioned 40 feet from the employees.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,711 · Current $3,856 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. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, an employee was working in trench while an excavator was operating overhead and the employee was not wearing a hard hat.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,711 · Current $3,856 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. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, the extension ladder positioned for employees working in a trench that was 122 feet long, 9 feet 4 inches deep, with vertical sides, and in previously disturbed class C soil was 40 feet away from the location where the employees were working.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $6,747 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. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, prior to the employees being directed to enter a trench, which measured 9 feet 4 inches deep and 122 feet long, the trench was not inspected by a competent person in the morning, during the day or after lunch. The trench had cracks and fissures along the walls, there was not a safe means of egress, the walls were vertical, and the type C soil had been previously disturbed.

Issued

Apr 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $6,747 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. On or about December 20, 2019, at the jobsite, at the jobsite, untrained employees were directed to work in a trench that was 9 feet 4 inches deep, with vertical sides, and in previously disturbed class C soil without cave-in protection being provided.