OSHA Inspection: KENCO PLUMBING & GAS

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-01-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1452.00 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 condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to the work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:  Office - The employer did not provide hazard recognition training for employees performing trenching activities.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1452.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:   Trench - Employees exposed to overhead struck-by hazards from excavation equipment in use and falling excavated material debris were not wearing protective helmets.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(d): Employees exposed to public vehicular traffic were not provided with, and/or did not wear, warning vests or other suitable garments marked with or made of reflectorized or high-visibility material:  Trench - The employer did not ensure employees exposed to public vehicular traffic during excavation operations utilized warning vests or other suitable garments marked with or made of reflectorized or high-visibility material.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated materials or equipment by placing and keeping such materials and equipment at least two feet 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:  Trench - Employees were exposed to excavation material placed within two feet from the edge of excavations.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1452.00 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 or indications of failure of protective systems:  Trench - On or about September 24, 2024, an inspection of an excavation was not conducted by a competent person prior to an employee entering the excavation.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $3387.00 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 with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section:   Trench - Each employee in an excavation five feet in depth or greater was not protected from cave-in by an adequate protective system.

Issued

2024-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(1): Legible traffic control signs and devices were not posted at construction areas:  Trench - The construction area was not posted with legible traffic signs at all points of hazards prior to beginning work.