OSHA inspectors have visited Walker Backhoe Service in Virginia one time.
It opened on Jan 25, 2017 as part of a related case, in Colonial Beach and is still open.
In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.
The penalties, $720 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
The rule cited most here is 1926.1101 (asbestos in construction), 5 times.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Walker Backhoe Service averages $720 across 1 cited inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i)
(2) Initial Exposure Assessment. (i) Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall ensure that a “competent person” conducts an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace. The assessment must be completed in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by exposure data or the lack of a “negative exposure assessment,” and to provide information necessary to assure that all control systems planned are appropriate for that operation and will work properly.
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i)
(7) Work practices and engineering controls for Class II work. (i) All Class II work shall be supervised by a competent person as defined in paragraph (b) of this section.
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(g)
(G) Tiles shall be removed intact, unless the employer demonstrates that intact removal is not possible.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
