OSHA Inspection: ROBERT WORMAN SOLE PROPRIETOR

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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)  Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ and at the Corporate Office at 93 Jacobs Road, Rockaway, NJ.  Employee(s) were not instructed to recognize and avoid unsafe conditions and were not trained as to what OSHA regulations applied to them so that they could control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to injury while engaging in trenching and excavation operations.  Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(d): Employees exposed to public vehicular traffic were not wearing warning vests provided by the employer:    a)  Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ.    Employees working on trench operations at the intersection of South and East Street were exposed to struck-by hazards from vehicular traffic given employees were not wearing warning vests.                      Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(g)(1)(i):     Where oxygen deficiency (atmosphere containing less than 19.5 percent oxygen) or a hazardous atmosphere existed or could reasonably be expected to exist, such as in excavations in landfill areas or excavations in areas where hazardous substances are stored nearby, the atmospheres in the excavation were not tested before employees entered excavations greater than 4 feet (1.22m) in depth:    a)  Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ.    Employees were exposed to potential hazardous atmospheric conditions while working in a trench with sewer contents at its base with no testing done before employees entered the trench.                 Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(i)(3):     Sidewalks, pavements, or appurtenant structures had been undermined and a support system or another method was not provided to protect employees from the possible collapse of such structures:    a)  Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ.    Employees were exposed to struck-by injuries from pavement collapse in the up to 10 foot deep trench as the employer had undermined the adjacent street pavement by 1 and 1/2 feet.                       Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 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)  Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ.    Employees were exposed to struck-by injuries in the up to 10 foot deep trench as the employer had not ensured that soil and rocks that could fall into the trench were kept back at least 2 feet from the edges of the trench.                          Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.

Issued

2016-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $28000.00 · Current $8000.00 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(c). The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i) in that the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one and one-half horizontal to one vertical (34 degrees measured from the horizontal):      a) Work Site:  12 East Street, Madison, NJ.    Employee(s) were exposed to cave-in hazards working inside the 5' by 9' trench that was 7' to 10' feet in depth as they did not use protective systems or employ sloping of the excavation.                                     Violation observed on or about 11/09/2015.