OSHA Inspection: ARMOR'S CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,277 · Current $1,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    (a) On or about June 09-11/2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees working in a trench excavation approximately 11 feet deep had not been adequately trained to recognize the hazards associated with the work being performed exposing them to struck-by and/or crushed-by hazards.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,966 · Current $1,000 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 June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck by-hazards from loose gravel and soil when working in a trench excavation without head protection.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,721 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(b)(4): While the excavation was opened, underground installations were not protected, supported or removed as necessary to safeguard employees:    (a) On or about June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when utilities were not protected/supported/removed in order to permit appropriate trench box installation.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,721 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 June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when employees worked in a trench excavation approximately 11 feet deep without a ladder or other means of egress.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,721 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(e): Employee was not prohibited to be underneath loads handled by lifting or digging equipment:    (a) On or about June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when employees were permitted to work under a trench box suspended from earth moving equipment.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,721 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 June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when employees worked outside the end of a trench box, below a trench box suspended by excavation equipment above the sewer connection, and inside a trench box oriented with the open ends facing the trench walls.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b): The slopes and configurations of sloping and benching systems were not in accordance with the requirement options of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4):  (a) On or about June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when the trench was not sloped 1:1 from the top of trench wall down to at least 18 inches below the top of the trench box.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,277 · Current $1,650 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(iii): Manufacturer's specifications, recommendations, and limitations, and manufacturer's approval to deviate from the specifications, recommendations, and limitations were not in written form at the jobsite during construction of the protective system.  A copy was not made available to the Secretary upon request:    (a) On or about June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards when the employer did not have the tabulated data for the trench boxes that employees used.

Issued

Sep 11, 2020

Abate by

Oct 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,622 · Current $1,316 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(g)(1)(ii): Shields were not installed in a manner to restrict lateral or other hazardous movement of the shield in the event of the application of sudden lateral loads:    (a) On or about June 09-11, 2020 - Regency Boulevard, Decatur, AL, employees were exposed to struck -y hazards when an employee worked inside a trench box without hazardous movement restriction.