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OSHA Inspection: DRS EXCAVATING & CONTRACTING

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of DRS EXCAVATING & CONTRACTING in 3400 RIDER TRAIL SOUTH, EARTH CITY, MO 63045 (NAICS 238990). OSHA activity number 334392941.

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Site address
3400 RIDER TRAIL SOUTH
City
EARTH CITY
State
MO
ZIP
63045
Mailing
4177 STATE ROUTE 162, GRANITE CITY, IL 62040
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238990
Employees
4
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.451 C02 IV

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv):     Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    Location:  The Holiday Inn hotel at or near 3400 Rider Trail South, Earth City, Missouri  63045.    The employer did not ensure that the JCB Model 508C Loadall Telescopic Boom Forklift, Serial Number SLP5CBKA8U1702757, was designed to support a pallet used as a man basket.    In the alternative, 29 CFR 1926.453(a)(1):     The Aerial lift was not designed or constructed in accordance with the applicable requirements of the American National Standard for "Vehicle Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms," A92.2-1969:    The employer did not ensure that the platform used by a worker and supported by the JCB Model 508C Loadall Telescopic Boom Forklift, Serial Number SLP5CBKA8U1702757, was designed to meet the requirements of ANSI A92.2-1969.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.451 C02 V

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v):     Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork and the fork-lift was moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    Location:  The Holiday Inn hotel at or near 3400 Rider Trail South, Earth City, Missouri  63045.    The employer did not ensure that the pallet supported by a JCB Model 508C Loadall Telescopic Boom Forklift, Serial Number SLP5CBKA8U1702757, was secured to the forklift when an employee used it as a work platform.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.602 C01 VIII A

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A):   The safety platform was not firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks.    Location:  The Holiday Inn hotel at or near 3400 Rider Trail South, Earth City, Missouri  63045.    The employer did not ensure that a safety platform was provided that could be safely secured to the lifting carriage/forks of the JCB Model 508C Loadall Telescopic Boom Forklift, Serial Number SLP5CBKA8U1702757, when equipment was used to elevate a worker.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.451 G01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    Location:  The Holiday Inn hotel at or near 3400 Rider Trail South, Earth City, Missouri  63045.    The employer did not ensure that workers were protected from falls when working on a platform that was supported by the forks of the JCB Model 508C Loadall Telescopic Boom Forklift, Serial Number SLP5CBKA8U1702757.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (S) $2800

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 334392941.