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Mark Wittig Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

1inspections
3citation items
$14,964current penalties
Sep 6, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Mark Wittig Construction once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Sep 6, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Fitchburg.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $14,964 and still stand at $14,964.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Mark Wittig Construction averages $14,964 (1 cited inspection).

Mark Wittig Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341752897 OPENED SEP 6, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 4, 2018

133 Water Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(e) · Excavations
 Serious$4,988$4,988Sep 19, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$4,988$4,988Sep 19, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Serious$4,988$4,988Sep 19, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(e)

(e) Exposure to falling loads. No employee shall be permitted underneath loads handled by lifting or digging equipment. Employees shall be required to stand away from any vehicle being loaded or unloaded to avoid being struck by any spillage or falling materials. Operators may remain in the cabs of vehicles being loaded or unloaded when the vehicles are equipped, in accordance with § 1926.601(b)(6), to provide adequate protection for the operator during loading and unloading operations.

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2)

(2) Employees shall be protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection shall be provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that are sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees in excavations. (1) Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section except when:

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