OSHA Inspection: PAX CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Issued

2024-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1400.00 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) Worksite was located at 80 Neptune Avenue, Deal, NJ 07723  Workers were doing form work for footings of a single-family new construction home while in an excavation of mostly cohesionless type B soil over six feet deep with no shoring, sidewalls that were benched and no competent person doing inspections. Workers were not trained to recognize these hazards in order to safely avoid them.  Violation was identified on February 7, 2024.

Issued

2024-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6452.00 · Current $3250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(j)(1):Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face:  a) Worksite was located at 80 Neptune Avenue, Deal, NJ 07723  Six workers were exposed to struck by hazards as they were working in an unprotected excavation that was greater than six feet deep in mostly cohesionless type B soil with benched sidewalls and no shoring.  Violation was observed on or about February 7, 2024.

Issued

2024-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6452.00 · Current $3250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(j)(2):Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:  a) Worksite was located at 80 Neptune Avenue, Deal, NJ 07723  Six workers were exposed to struck by hazards as they were working in an unprotected excavation that was greater than six feet deep in mostly cohesionless type B soil with large spoils piles not set back two feet from the edge of the excavation.  Violation was observed on or about February 7, 2024.

Issued

2024-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6452.00 · Current $3250.00 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, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:  a) Worksite was located at 80 Neptune Avenue, Deal, NJ 07723  Six workers were exposed to struck by hazards as they were working in an unprotected excavation that was greater than six feet deep in mostly cohesionless type B soil with benched sidewalls and no shoring. The company did not have a competent person inspecting the excavation for hazardous conditions.  Violation was observed on or about February 7, 2024.