OSHA Inspection: SLATER ENTERPRISES, INC

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $3126.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), & (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes items (i) and (ii) of this subparagraph:  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022, the employer did not provide or maintain a hazardous communication program to include labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training as required.  ABATEMENT NOTE:  A written program shall include description of how the criteria for the following will be met:  1.  Labeling and other forms of warning; 2.  Material Safety Data Sheets; 3.  Employee information and training  Additionally, a list of hazardous chemicals known to be preset in the workplace must be compiled.  Methods used to inform employees of the hazards associated with non-routine tasks and the informing of contractors of workplace hazards, including a description of the labeling system used in the facility and of the availability of material safety data sheets, must also be addressed.  The written program must be made available upon request.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not compile a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022, the employer did not develop nor maintain a chemical inventory list identifying the hazardous chemicals being used by their employees.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022, the employer did not provide training on hazardous chemicals to be used on the site nor did the employer provide SDS sheets for the employees to reference in case their was an exposure.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $4375.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022 - the Employer failed to ensure frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite and equipment were made by a person competent in trenching/excavation safety standards which resulted in several hazardous conditions which exposed employees to cave-in hazards when they performed trench/excavation work for the replacement/repair of an existing residential sewer pipe.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $4375.00 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) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022, the employer failed to ensure employees were trained in safety and health standards for trenching/excavating, roadway work and on site specific conditions. Conditions and procedures which resulted in several hazardous conditions that exposed employees to cave-in hazards when they performed existing sewer line replacement along the edge of the roadway.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $4375.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1):  Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022; the employer did not ensure a competent person was on site to make the required inspections prior to employees being directed to enter the trench/excavation.  The trench/excavation requiring protective systems was saturated due to wet conditions. The hazards associated could not be verified by those employees on site and when they entered the trench/excavation to cut a broken sewer line it collapsed.

Issued

2023-02-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $4375.00 Reduced

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 paragraph (b) or (c) of 29 CFR 1926.652.  a) 5 Pine Court (Heather Woods Development) in Newark, DE 19702: On or about August 17, 2022 - the employer failed to protect employees working in a trench/excavation by an adequate protective system. Employees engaged in trenching/excavation work replacing an existing broken residential sewer line. Employees were required to enter and work in a trench/excavation with undermined/unsupported structures and standing water not being removed or controlled prior to employee entrance into the trench/excavation. The water increased the potential of collapse exponentially with the continued use of the excavator being used to assist the employee in the trench/excavation.