OSHA Inspection: ATLANTIC COAST UTILITIES, LLC, ADVANCED UTILITIES, INCORPORATED

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:  Location:  Worksites  Employer is not ensuring that a competent person identifies the sewer line manhole adjacent to the excavation as a confined space through consideration and evaluation of the elements of the space in which employees are working and are exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(d)(1): The employer did not provide testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with paragraph (e) of this section:   Location:  Worksites  Employer is not providing testing and monitoring equipment to test conditions inside the sewer line manhole where employees are working and are being exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(e)(1)(i): Employer did not perform pre-entry testing to the extent feasible before entry was authorized:   Location:  Worksites  Employer is not ensuring that before employees enter sewer line manholes that the internal atmosphere is being tested by a direct-reading instrument for oxygen content, flammable gases and vapors, and for potential toxic air contaminants.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(d)(2):  Employer did not provide, maintain and ensure use of ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions:  Location:  Worksites  Employer is not providing, maintaining or ensuring the use of ventilating equipment for employees who are working inside a sewer line manhole and are exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(d)(8):  Employer did not provide and maintain rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with paragraph (i) of this section:  Location:  Worksites  Employer is not providing and maintaining rescue and emergency equipment for employees who are working inside the sewer line manhole and are being exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1205(a): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by paragraph 1926.1204(c) of this standard by preparing an entry permit:  Location:  Worksites  Employer is not preparing entry permits to document the completion of measures required by paragraph 1926.1204(c) of this standard before employees are working in sewer line manholes, and are exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Oct 6, 2021

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $13,653

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties in confined spaces in construction, assigned under this standard to include, but not limited to; the hazards in a permit space and methods used to isolate, control or in other ways protect employees from these hazards:  Location:  Worksites  Employer is not providing training to each employee that enters sewer line manholes and are exposed to a potentially hazardous atmosphere and engulfment hazards and for those employees not authorized to perform entry rescue.  Abatement Certification and Documentation are required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,146 · Current $2,146

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent), was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation.     Location: Place of business  On or about February 24, 2021, the employer did not record the following two (2) fatalities on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year 2021 that occurred when two (2) employees fell into an excavation that was deeper than five (5) feet deep and sustained fatal injuries.  Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.

Issued

Aug 17, 2021

Abate by

Aug 25, 2021

Penalty

Initial $10,728 · Current $10,728

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident.  Location:  Worksite in front of 190 High Street, Boston:   On or about February 24, 2021, the employer did not report the following fatalities to OSHA that occurred when two (2) employees fell into an excavation that was deeper than five (5) feet deep and sustained fatal injuries.