OSHA Inspection: DOUGLAS N. HIGGINS INC.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9147.00 · Current $9147.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:  On or about December 07, 2017, at the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, the employer did not maintain a safety and health program addressing excavation hazards program prior to allowing employees to enter and work inside a trench excavation.    NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:    On or about December 07, 2017, at the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, the employer permitted employees to work near an accessible, newly installed concrete storm-drain manhole,  prior to identifying the spaces as confined spaces and permit required confined spaces, thus exposing employees to a potentially hazardous atmosphere.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives:    On or about December 07, 2017, at the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, the employer permitted employees to grout pipes outside an accessible, new concrete storm-drain manhole box in a trench excavation prior to implementing a written permit space program requiring the identification of all accessible spaces as confined spaces and permit required confined spaces, thus exposing employees to a potentially hazardous atmosphere.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9147.00 · Current $9147.00

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 December 07, 2017, the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, employees were permitted to work in an 11-foot deep trench excavation with type C soil, that did not have adequate cave-in protection in that employees had to grade soil inside a trench box which used a single road plate which did not cover the entire width and height of the trench excavation and was not designed for cave-in protection by a professional engineer, thus exposing employees to a caught-in between hazard.      b. On or about December 07, 2017, the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, employees were exposed to a to a caught-in between hazard where a 6-foot deep section of the trench excavation did not have cave in protection as they descended a ladder to gain access to a manhole.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c): Support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems were not designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c)(1-4); as applicable  On or about December 07, 2017, at the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101, employees were permitted to work in a trench excavation approximately 11- feet deep within type C soil, and used a single steel road plate in conjunction with a trench box as cave-in protection without having the system designed by a professional engineer, thereby exposing employees to a caught-in between hazard.

Issued

2018-06-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $365.00 · Current $365.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii):The employer did not use a calibrated direct-reading device to test for toxic gases before allowing an employee(s) to enter a confined space:    On or about December 07, 2017, at the corner of 107th Avenue North and 7th Street North, Naples Florida 34101 above addressed job site, the employer did not use a calibrated direct-reading device prior to permitting employees to work near an accessible concrete storm-drain manhole box, thereby exposing employees to a potentially hazardous atmosphere.