OSHA Inspection: NORTH EAST ENVIROVAC LLC

Issued

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $8121.00 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 conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a) On or about 11/23/2021 at a utility project located along Genesee Road in East Concord, New York; employees hydro-excavating for new utility poles had placed their truck along the shoulder and partially in the east bound lane of the road. Employees had not been trained in work zone set up including, but not limited to, early warning, transition areas, redirection of traffic from normal path when encroaching on the lane of travel, and devices and methods to control traffic.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $8121.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.200(g)(1): Construction areas were not posted with legible traffic signs at points of hazards:  a) On or about 11/23/2021 at a utility project located along Genesee Road in East Concord, New York; employees hydro-excavating for new utility poles had placed their truck along the shoulder and partially in the east bound lane of the road. The employer did not provide advance warning to road users that road work is taking place or what actions the road user must take to drive through the work zone, thereby exposing employees in the work zone to struck-by hazards.  b) On or about 11/23/2021 at a utility project located along Genesee Road in East Concord, New York; employees hydro-excavating for new utility poles had placed their truck along the shoulder and partially in the east bound lane of the road. The employer did not follow MUTCD Section 6C.10.01 which stated, "Except as provided in Paragraph 5, when traffic in both directions must use a single lane for a limited distance, movements from each end shall be coordinated", exposing workers on foot to struck by hazards from vehicular traffic.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $8121.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.200(g)(2): Traffic control signs or devices used for protection of construction workers did not conform to Part VI of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 2009 Edition with Revision Numbers 1 and 2 incorporated, dated May 2012, FHWA:  a) On or about 11/23/2021 at a utility project located along Genesee Road in East Concord, New York; employees hydro-excavating for new utility poles had placed their truck along the shoulder and partially in the east bound lane of the road. The employer did not follow MUTCD Section 6C.05.02 which stated, "When redirection of the road users' normal path is required, they shall be directed from the normal path to a new path", exposing workers on foot to struck by hazards from vehicular traffic.  b) On or about 11/23/2021 at a utility project located along Genesee Road in East Concord, New York; employees hydro-excavating for new utility poles had placed their truck along the shoulder and partially in the east bound lane of the road. The employer did not follow MUTCD Section 6F.61.24 which stated, "A vehicle displaying an arrow board shall be equipped with high-intensity rotating, flashing, oscillating, or strobe lights", exposing workers on foot to struck by hazards from vehicular traffic.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED