OSHA Inspection: CEN-TEX IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

2022-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.132(d)(2)  The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.  On or about January 11, 2022, an employee of the Employer who was collecting trash in the grassy highway median was fatally injured when struck by a third party's vehicle that left the traveled roadway.  The Employer failed to produce a written certification of hazard assessment showing that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed for the work at issue.

Issued

2022-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

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.  On January 11, 2022, an employee died as a result of being struck by a moving vehicle while working within the grassy median adjacent to a public roadway. The fatality was not reported to the Austin Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration within eight (8) hours.