OSHA Inspection: ROCK RIVER CONSTRUCTION, LTD.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3516.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(a):Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary.  a.  Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137:  On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that a competent person identified a manhole repair project as a permit-required confined space, which required employee entry to perform the work.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1205(a): (a) Before entry is authorized, each entry employer must document the completion of measures required by �1926.1204(c) by preparing an entry permit.  a. Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137: On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to prepare an entry permit prior to entry into an active sewer manhole at a construction project which was a permit-required confined space.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(e): Evaluate permit space conditions in accordance with the following paragraphs (e)(1) through (6) of this section when entry operations are conducted:  29 CFR  1926.1204(e)(2):Continuously monitor atmospheric hazards unless the employer can demonstrate that the equipment for continuously monitoring a hazard is not commercially available or that periodic monitoring is of sufficient frequency to ensure that the atmospheric hazard is being controlled at safe levels. If continuous monitoring is not used, periodic monitoring is required with sufficient frequency to ensure that acceptable entry conditions are being maintained during the course of entry operations;  a. Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137: On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that atmospheric monitoring was conducted during a sewer manhole repair project entry, which exposed an employee to fatal levels of hydrogen sulfide.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3516.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(a): The employer must provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and ensure that the employee possesses the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this standard. This training must result in an understanding of the hazards in the permit space and the methods used to isolate, control or in other ways protect employees from these hazards, and for those employees not authorized to perform entry rescues, in the dangers of attempting such rescue   a. Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137: On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to train the attendant of a confined space sewer entry at the construction project in their duties and hazard identification responsibilities.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $3516.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1211(c):(c) Non-entry rescue is required unless the retrieval equipment would increase the overall risk of entry or would not contribute to the rescue of the entrant. The employer must designate an entry rescue service whenever non-entry rescue is not selected. Whenever non-entry rescue is selected, the entry employer must ensure that retrieval systems or methods are used whenever an authorized entrant enters a permit space, and must confirm, prior to entry, that emergency assistance would be available in the event that non-entry rescue fails.   a.  Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137:  On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing work on an active sewer system permit-required confined space project, which required entry into the space, had a designated non-entry rescue system and/or plan in place prior to beginning work.

Issued

2023-12-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-12-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(d): (d) The employer must maintain training records to show that the training required by paragraphs (a) through (c) of this standard has been accomplished. The training records must contain each employee's name, the name of the trainers, and the dates of training. The documentation must be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives, for the period of time the employee is employed by that employer.  a.  Located at Thoroughbred Drive at Rickenbacker Parkway, Lockbourne, OH 43137:  On or about July 3, 2023, the employer failed to maintain training records for its confined space and permit-required confined space programs.