| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2020-12-22
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| Emphasis |
N: TRENCH
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| Case Closed |
2024-09-10
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
1709718 |
| Safety |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260021 B02 |
| Issuance Date |
2021-02-05 |
| Current Penalty |
5705.7 |
| Initial Penalty |
8778.0 |
| Final Order |
2022-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| 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. On or about December 22, 2020, at the excavation site behind Building L, the employer had not trained employees to recognize the hazards associated with excavation activity, including, but not limited to, water accumulation hazards, cave-in hazards, and struck-by hazards. |
|
| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260100 A |
| Issuance Date |
2021-02-05 |
| Current Penalty |
5705.7 |
| Initial Penalty |
8778.0 |
| Final Order |
2022-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.100(a):Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns: a. On or about December 22, 2020, at the excavation site behind building L, an employee trying to locate a leaking pipeline, working inside and around an open trench excavation with overhead hazards was not wearing a hardhat, exposing to struck-by hazards to the head. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260651 C02 |
| Issuance Date |
2021-02-05 |
| Current Penalty |
5705.7 |
| Initial Penalty |
8778.0 |
| Final Order |
2022-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| 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. On or about December 22, 2020, at the excavation site behind building L, an employee trying to locate a leaking pipe inside a sandy soil trench measuring 21-feet long and between 4-ft-5-inches to 4-ft deep, did not have a safe mean of egress, exposing to struck-by and cave-in hazards. |
|
| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260651 H01 |
| Issuance Date |
2021-02-05 |
| Current Penalty |
5705.7 |
| Initial Penalty |
8778.0 |
| Final Order |
2022-03-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1):Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation: a. On or about December 22, 2020, at the excavation site behind building L, an employee trying to locate a leaking pipe inside a sandy soil trench measuring 21-feet long and 4-ft-5-inches to 4-ft deep, was exposed to an engulfment hazard in that the trench walls were eroding while water was accumulating. |
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