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Digges Development Corporation: OSHA inspections and violations

Mclean, Virginia · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

1inspections
7citation items
$258,185current penalties
Jul 23, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Digges Development Corporation once in Virginia.

The inspection began on Jul 23, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Mclean; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 4 serious, 2 willful and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $258,185 and still stand at $258,185.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Digges Development Corporation averages $258,185 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $4,214 in back wages owed to workers.

Digges Development Corporation: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344174347 OPENED JUL 23, 2019Open

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Open

1720 North Albermarle Street, Mclean, VA 22101 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 23, 2019 (fatal): One employee is killed, second is injured in trench collapse

At 3:00 p.m. on July 23, 2019, Employees #1 and #2 and a coworker, employed by a construction company, were installing pipe in an unsecured trench at a residential construction site. Employees #1 and #2 were in the trench when a sidewall collapsed, trapping both employees. Employee #1 was buried in the collapsed soil and killed by asphyxiation. Employee #2 was rescued and transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$2,545$2,545Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.50(c) · Medical services and first aid
 Serious$1,130$1,130Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$2,545$2,545Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$2,545$2,545Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Willful$124,710$124,710Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Willful$124,710$124,710Jan 13, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1) · Excavations
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 2020Final

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Jul 27, 2017 to Jul 25, 2019
McLean
145$4,214$71,462

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.50(c)

(c) In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to render first aid.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2)

(2) Means of egress from trench excavations. A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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