MOUNT STERLING, IL —
OSHA Inspection: K & N EXCAVATING AND RENTALS
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
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.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- K & N EXCAVATING AND RENTALS
- Site address
- CHERRY & MAIN
- City
- MOUNT STERLING
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62353
- Mailing
- 2405 U.S. 136, CARTHAGE, IL 62321
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237110
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.651 K01
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
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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Source
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 339473712.
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