EDWARDSVILLE, IL —
OSHA Inspection: PFUND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
Federal Agency inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency safety inspection of PFUND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. in 100 BLOCK OF E UNION STREET, EDWARDSVILLE, IL 62025 (NAICS 238190). OSHA activity number 346163181.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PFUND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- 100 BLOCK OF E UNION STREET
- City
- EDWARDSVILLE
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62025
- Mailing
- 3925 BLACKBURN ROAD, EDWARDSVILLE, IL 62025
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238190
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $4,465 · Current $0 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 with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c): On or about August 19, 2022, an employee was in a 29 foot long by 16 foot wide and 7 foot 6 inches deep excavation that was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $4465
- — Z (S) $4465
1926.1052 B03
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Oct 28, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $3,572 · Current $3,572
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1052(b)(3): Treads for temporary service shall be made of wood or other solid material and shall be installed the full width and depth of the stair. On and before August 19, 2022, employees used a stairwell that had tread installed that only covered 5 1/2 inches of a 10 inch deep stair tread.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $3572
- — C (S) $3572
- — Z (S) $3572
1926.1052 C01
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Oct 28, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $3,572 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge: On or before August 19, 2022, employees used a stairway that did not have at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge of it.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $3572
- — Z (S) $3572
1926.1203 A
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $0 Reduced
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: On and before August 19, 2022, the employer did not ensure a competent person identified a sanitary sewer line as a permit confined space.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $6250
- — Z (S) $6250
1926.1204 C
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $15,625 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(c): The employer did not implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for the safe entry operations, including but not limited to specifying acceptable entry conditions; providing each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative with the opportunity to observe any monitoring or testing of permit spaces; isolating the permit space and physical hazards within the space; purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards; determining that, in the event the ventilation system stops working, the monitoring procedure will detect an increase in atmospheric hazard levels in sufficient time for the entrants to safely exit the the permit space: On or before August 19, 2022, the employer did not implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for the safe entry operation into a sanitation sewer manhole.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $15625
- — Z (S) $15625
1926.1203 C
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Oct 28, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
1926.1203(c) The employer, having identified, or received notice of, a permit space and having not authorized employees it directs to work in that space, did not take effective measures to prevent those employees from entering that permit space, in addition to complying with all other applicable requirements of this standard. 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: On and about August 19, 2022, the employer failed to take effective measures to prevent its employees from entering a permit space, in that the president of the company entered a sanitary sewer.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1204 I
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2023
- Abate by
- Oct 28, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $11,428
General-duty citation text
1926.1204(i) The employer failed to develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services (including procedures for summoning emergency assistance in the event of a failed non-entry rescue), for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue; 29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard: On and before August 19, 2022, the employer failed to implement measures to prevent unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue, in that the president of the company entered a sanitary sewer to attempt a rescue.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $11428
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 346163181.
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