OSHA Inspection: WILSON EXCAVATING AND GRADING, INC.

Issued

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8111.00 · Current $4300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2): The design and use of all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, markings, barricades, and other devices, for protection of construction workers did not conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD.    A.)  Wilson Excavating & Grading, Inc., 444 Pennsylvania State Route 410, Punxsutawney, PA  15767, west side of the project, on or about August 28, 2019 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing traffic control duties during a utility installation.  A flagger was standing in the eastbound lane of the roadway when traffic was moving.  The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) requires the flagger to stand either on the shoulder adjacent to the road user being controlled or in the closed lane prior to stopping road users, and that the flagger only stands in the lane being used by moving road users after road users have stopped.

Issued

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2): The design and use of all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, markings, barricades, and other devices, for protection of construction workers did not conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD.  A.)  Wilson Excavating & Grading, Inc., 444 Pennsylvania State Route 410, Punxsutawney, PA  15767, west side of the project, on or about August 28, 2019 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing traffic control duties during a utility installation.  The One-Lane, Two-Way Traffic transition taper length was 30-feet.  The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) requires the taper to have a minimum length of 50 feet and a maximum length of 100 feet with channelizing devices at approximately 20-foot spacing.

Issued

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2): The design and use of all traffic control devices, including signs, signals, markings, barricades, and other devices, for protection of construction workers did not conform to Part 6 of the MUTCD.  A.)  Wilson Excavating & Grading, Inc., 444 Pennsylvania State Route 410, Punxsutawney, PA  15767, west side of the project, on or about August 28, 2019 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing traffic control duties during a utility installation.  The distance from the Flagger Ahead sign to the flagger/transition taper was 238-feet.  The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) requires the distance between the flagger/transition taper and the Flagger Ahead sign to be 500-feet.  B.)  Wilson Excavating & Grading, Inc., 444 Pennsylvania State Route 410, Punxsutawney, PA  15767, west side of the project, on or about August 28, 2019 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing traffic control duties during a utility installation.  The distance from the One Lane Road Ahead sign and the Flagger Ahead sign was 412-feet.  The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) requires the distance between the One Lane Road Ahead sign and the Flagger Ahead sign to be 500-feet.  C.)  Wilson Excavating & Grading, Inc., 444 Pennsylvania State Route 410, Punxsutawney, PA  15767, west side of the project, on or about August 28, 2019 and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing traffic control duties during a utility installation.  The distance from the One Lane Road Ahead sign and the Work Area sign was 311-feet.  The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) requires the distance between the One Lane Road Ahead sign and the Work Area sign to be 500-feet.