OSHA Inspection: DOYLE ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees while working in an excavation with metal conduits protruding from the excavation floor:    On or about June 30, 2016, at the above addressed site, employees performing electrical work in an excavation were exposed to an impalement hazard from conduit protruding approximately 16 inches from the excavation floor.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 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 his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:     On or about June 30, 2016, at the above addressed site, employees were exposed to the hazards associated with excavations prior to being provided with a training program that would enable them to recognize the hazards associated with excavations.   PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation:     On or about June 30, 2016, at the above addressed site, employees performing electrical work in an excavation were exposed to the hazards of water accumulating in that excavation.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:     On or about June 30, 2016, at the above addressed site,  an employee performing electrical work gaining access to and from an excavation was exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 6 feet when using a fiberglass a-frame ladder that was in a closed position and placed on the wall of the excavation.