OSHA has cited Henkels & McCoy Inc. for six serious safety violations at a work site in Neptune, New Jersey, where workers were performing water service repair on a road. OSHA issued $42,000 in proposed penalties following an April inspection opened under the agency’s national emphasis program on trenches and local emphasis program on highways.
The violations include the company’s failure to: have a competent person provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment; follow the required use of proper traffic control signs and devices that protect workers; place the required three advance warning signs to indicate highway space ahead undergoing work; follow the mandatory requirements and usage guidance for hand signaling devices; ensure workers conformed to hand signaling procedures; and properly set up a flagger station.
“Without the proper precautions, highway workers are vulnerable to a number of hazards from outside and inside the work zone, such as being struck by vehicles,” said Paula Dixon-Roderick, director of OSHA’s Marlton Area Office. “It’s vital that the company quickly abate these violations to protect its workers in the future.”
Henkels & McCoy Inc., headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, operates centers and offices nationwide and abroad.
