OSHA Inspection: PRECISION PAVING, INC.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(a): All surface encumbrances that were located so as to create a hazard to employees were not removed or supported, as necessary, to safeguard employees:    a- 58 Buckley Road, Marlboro NJ: On or about 12/31/19, a company employee was exposed to struck by hazards when working next to and near unsupported pieces of seamed asphalt that were undermined as a result of the Type C soil beneath it not being sloped, benched, shored, or shielded.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

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- 58 Buckley Road, Marlboro NJ: On or about 12/31/19, an employee was struck by loose rock and soil that sloughed off and broke away from the sides and top of an excavation/trench.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $2400.00 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- 58 Buckley Road, Marlboro NJ: On or about 12/31/19, a company employee working in a trench with unshored vertical sidewalls was exposed to cave-in hazards posed by excavated soil piled at and near the edge of the trench.