OSHA Inspection: DMB PLUMBING SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $3000.00 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)  On or about July 7, 2025, employees engaged in excavation activities were exposed to hazards including, but not limited to, slips, trips and falls, cave-in, and struck-by hazards in that employees had not been trained to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions associated with excavations and the regulations applicable to the work environment.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $1250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):Employees 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, were not protected by protective helmets:  a)  On or about July 7, 2025, employees working in a trench were not wearing hard hats to protect against impact from the excavator, falling materials and debris.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $3000.00 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)  On or about July 7, 2025, 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.  Employees were exposed to cave-in hazards while working in an unprotected excavation at the jobsite.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  On or about July 7, 2025, employees engaged in excavation activities were exposed to struck-by hazards in that the spoil pile was less than two feet away.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $3000.00 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 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c):  a)  On or about July 7, 2025, employees engaged in excavation activities inside of an unprotected trench, were exposed to cave-in hazards in that a protective system was not utilized.