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OSHA Inspection: STOVER EXCAVATING, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of STOVER EXCAVATING, INC. in STATE ROUTE 256 INTERSECTION OF HILL AND DILEY ROAD, PICKERINGTON, OH 43147 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 338983281.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
STATE ROUTE 256 INTERSECTION OF HILL AND DILEY ROAD
City
PICKERINGTON
State
OH
ZIP
43147
Mailing
7500 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, PLAIN CITY, OH 43064
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (B)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237110
Employees
22
Ownership type
Private (A)

1 citation on file for this inspection.

1926.652 A01 II

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
May 9, 2013
Abate by
May 23, 2013
Penalty
Initial $1,700 · Current $1,700
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)(ii):  Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section except when:     Excavations are less than 5 feet (1.52 m) in depth and examination of the ground by a competent person provides no indication of a potential cave-in.   a.  At the excavation site located at the intersection of Hill and Diley Road in Pickerington, Ohio, employees were working in an unprotected trench in order to remove a 15 inch storm drain and to install an 18 inch sewer drain.  The unprotected trench that the employees were working in was at a max depth of 5 feet, 9-1/2 inches, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with a trench cave-in.
Recent events (1)
  • · Z (S) $1700

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 338983281.

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