OSHA Inspection: AML CAISSON LLC

Issued

Mar 17, 2021

Abate by

Apr 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent persons designated by the employer:  a) 6804 S. Ensenada St, Aurora, CO, 80116: On or about October 6, 2020, and at times prior, AML Caisson LLC, as a controlling and exposing employer, did not ensure that its employees and employees of DJV Concrete and Caisson Drilling, Inc., were protected from jobsite and equipment hazards, including struck by hazards while performing caisson drilling and removal of concrete casings, lack of use of required personal protective equipment, and excavation hazards, by ensuring that frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite took place.    Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Mar 17, 2021

Abate by

Apr 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $2,200 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)a) 6804 S. Ensenada St, Aurora, CO, 80116: On or about October 6, 2020, and at times prior, AML Caisson LLC did not ensure that employees were protected from suffocation or crushing hazards while working in an excavation next to materials which were not protected from falling or rolling back into the excavation.  Excavated materials were located less than two feet from the edge of the excavation and were observed to be falling back into the excavation.  Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Mar 17, 2021

Abate by

Apr 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 6804 S. Ensenada St, Aurora, CO, 80016:  On or about October 6, 2020, and at times prior, employees were not protected from cave-ins while working in an excavation greater than five feet deep.  The excavation did not have an adequate protective system to prevent cave-ins.  Cave-ins were observed occurring in several places around the excavation.  Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).

Issued

Mar 17, 2021

Abate by

Apr 5, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.701(b):All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  a) 6804 S. Ensenada St, Aurora, CO, 80116: On or about October 6, 2020, and at times prior, AML Caisson LLC did not ensure that employees were protected from impalement hazards while working next to protruding reinforcing steel.  Reinforcing steel protruded from foundation pillars at several locations on the worksite.  Employees worked directly adjacent to, or on an upper level above, unguarded protruding reinforcing steel.  Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).