OSHA Inspection: EXCEL UTILITY CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2013-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer does not furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees, in that employees are exposed to struck-by and/or caught-between hazards:    This violation most recently occurred on April 8, 2013, at a workplace located approximately 1 mile East of US 69 on Loop 564 East, Mineola, Texas, where employees, who were operating a horizontal earth boring machine, were not protected from struck-by and/or caught-between hazards due to machine upset.