OSHA Inspection: SIKORA BROTHERS PAVING, INC.

Issued

2017-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2716.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    a) Saylor Street at Willow Street, Atlas, PA: means of egress was not provided for an employee who performed work in a trench that was 25 feet in length and 9 1/2 to 10 feet deep, on or about August 1, 2017.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2017-09-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2716.00

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:  a) Saylor Street at Willow Street, Atlas, PA: An employee performed work in a trench while water flowing from a 12-inch sanitary sewer pipe was accumulating, which exposed the employee to an engulfment hazard from loose soil and water, on or about August 1, 2017.  ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION CERTIFICATION NOT REQUIRED

Issued

2017-09-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $38025.00 · Current $28518.00 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) Saylor Street at Willow Street, Atlas, PA: An employee was working in a 9 1/2 to 10 foot deep trench to uncover a water main and to measure a pipe without a system in place to provide protection from a cave-in, observed on or about August 1, 2017.    ABATEMENT CERITIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED