OSHA Inspection: PIPELINE INDUSTRIES INC.

Issued

2011-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2975.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(b) or (c):    (a)Pipeline Industries Inc., at 2703 S. Tennyson Way, Denver, CO 80236:  On November 15, 2011 the employer did not ensure that each employee conducting work in an excavation was protected from cave-in, in that the west end of the excavation was approximately 8.2 feet deep and lacked an adequate protective system, such as appropriate sloping, benching, or shield system at the area the employee was working. The employee was exposed to the hazard in an area approximately 2 feet long and 2.5 feet wide and a tunnel approximately 1.5 feet into the end of the trench.  This condition exposed the employee to a crushing hazard by excavation wall and tunnel cave-in.    (b)Pipeline Industries Inc., at 2703 S. Tennyson Way, Denver, CO 80236:  On November 15, 2011 the employer did not ensure that each employee conducting work in an excavation was protected from cave-in, in that the east end of the excavation was approximately 10 feet deep and lacked an adequate protective system, such as appropriate sloping, benching, or shield system at the area the employee was working. The employee was exposed to the hazard in an area approximately 2.5 feet long and 2.5 feet wide and a tunnel approximately 2 feet into the end of the trench.  This condition exposed the employee to a crushing hazard by excavation wall and tunnel cave-in.

Issued

2011-11-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-11-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b)(3)(iii):  At least one copy of the tabulated data which identifies the registered professional engineer who approved the data, was not maintained at the jobsite during construction of the protective system:    (a)Pipeline Industries Inc., at 2703 S. Tennyson Way, Denver, CO 80236:  On November 15, 2011, the employer did not ensure that at least one copy of the tabulated data was maintained at the jobsite or was on the jobsite during construction of the speed shore system.  Because of this condition the employees did not have the documentation to ensure the proper installation of the shoring.