OSHA Inspection: DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.

Issued

2022-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10360.00 · Current $6216.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.200(h)(1): Accident prevention tags were not used as a temporary means of warning employees of an existing hazard, such as defective tools or equipment:  a) On or about 02/12/2022, at jobsite located at 13200 SW 272 Street, Homestead, Florida;  the employer did not provide accident prevention tags and/or barricades as a temporary means of warning while a front-end loader was on a berm being repaired, thereby exposing employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

2022-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10360.00 · Current $6216.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.600(a)(3)(i): Bulldozer and scraper blades, end-loader buckets, dump bodies, or similar equipment were not fully lowered or blocked when being repaired or when not in use:  a) On or about 02/12/2022, at 13200 SW 272 Street, Homestead, Florida; the employer did not ensure the bucket of a John Deere, Model 624L on the front end-loader while being repaired was lowered or blocked to the ground when not in use, thereby exposing employees  to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10360.00 · Current $6216.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.602(a)(3)(i):The employer moved construction equipment upon a grade that was not constructed and maintained to accommodate safely the movement of the equipment involved:  a) On or about 02/12/2022, at the jobsite located at 13200 SW 272 Street, Homestead, Florida; the employer did not ensure that the berm where a John Deere, model 624L, front end-loader was operating was constructed and maintained to ensure safe movement operation of the equipment, thereby exposing exposing employees to struck-by hazards.