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OSHA Inspection: K & N EXCAVATING AND RENTALS

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of K & N EXCAVATING AND RENTALS in CHERRY & MAIN, MOUNT STERLING, IL 62353 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 339473712.

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Site address
CHERRY & MAIN
City
MOUNT STERLING
State
IL
ZIP
62353
Mailing
2405 U.S. 136, CARTHAGE, IL 62321
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237110
Employees
3
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.651 K01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 26, 2013
Abate by
Jan 8, 2014
Penalty
Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:      Employees were working in an excavation which was not inspected by a competent person before the employees were allowed to enter the working area. The excavation was not sloped, shored, or braced in accordance with the standard.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2000
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.652 A01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 26, 2013
Abate by
Jan 8, 2014
Penalty
Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced
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 paragraph (b) sloping and benching systems, or paragraph (c) support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems:      Employees were in an excavation installing a manhole up to a depth of 14 feet deep and the excavation was not sloped, shored, or braced in accordance with the standard.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2000
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1053 B01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 26, 2013
Abate by
Jan 8, 2014
Penalty
Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and  the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:      Employees were exposed to a fall hazard up to 14 feet when using a ladder to access the top portion of the excavation and the side rails were below the edge of the excavtion and did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1000
  • — Z (S) $1600

1926.1060 A

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Dec 26, 2013
Abate by
Jan 8, 2014
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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