HOUSTON, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: MARK TAYLOR UTILITY SERVICES
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of MARK TAYLOR UTILITY SERVICES in KINGSLAND BLVD/MASON CREEK, HOUSTON, TX 77092 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 332425784.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MARK TAYLOR UTILITY SERVICES
- Site address
- KINGSLAND BLVD/MASON CREEK
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77092
- Mailing
- 11569 HWY 6, SUGAR LAND, TX 77478
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237110
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1926.652 A
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2012
- Abate by
- Mar 6, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,200 · Current $2,100 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(a): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system. At the site, in an excavation with 12' to 16' deep walls, employees were installing the plywood framing for a pour-in-place junction box. The absence of protective systems or benching exposed workers to possible cave-in hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2100
- · Z (S) $4200
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 332425784.
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