| Inspection Type |
Planned
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| Scope |
Complete
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2015-06-04
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| Emphasis |
L: EISAOF, P: CTARGET, N: TRENCH, N: CTARGET, L: EISAX
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| Case Closed |
2015-08-13
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260021 B02 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-07-30 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-11 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL, employees working in excavations over 5 feet deep had not been trained on basic excavation safety hazards. Employees were not aware of the requirements for safe sloping, or when a ladder was needed, and had never had any safety training relating to excavation safety. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260651 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-07-30 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-06 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, Saint Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees entered a 5 ft. 8 in. deep excavation and a ladder was not used, rather, employees walked down the bank walls of the excavation. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260651 K01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-07-30 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-06 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift: a) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees worked on excavations 5 ft. 8 in. deep with inadequate sloping and no other protective means such as, but not limited to, shoring and shielding. A competent person was not on site for any of the excavation work. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260652 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-07-30 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-06 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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 1926.652(c): a) For the construction site at 8th St. N and Arlington Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL, as observed on or about 06/04/2015, employees were working in an unprotected excavation that was 5 ft. and 8in. deep. The North bank of the excavation was sloped to 54.3 degrees from the horizontal and the south side was at a 90 degree angle from the horizontal (straight wall). No alternate cave-in protection such as shoring or any other accepted method was in place. The soil was type C. Employees working in the excavation were exposed to cave-in hazards due to inadequate sloping and lack of any other method of cave-in protection. |
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