OSHA Inspection: TIMBERLINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:     (a)  On or about November 13, 2013, for the employees installing wood materials in an unprotected trench approximately five feet, nine inches, deep where one employee was fatally injured from a trench wall cave-in without a trained competent person on-site at or near 13302 57th Street NW, Williston, North Dakota.          (b)  On or about November 13, 2013, for the employees installing wood materials in an unprotected trench approximately five feet, nine inches, deep where one employee was fatally injured from a trench wall cave-in at or near 13302 57th Street NW, Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 and/or indications of failure of protective systems:   (a)  On or about November 13, 2013, for the employees installing wood materials in an unprotected trench approximately five feet, nine inches, deep where one employee was fatally injured from a trench wall cave-in without a trained competent person on-site at or near 13302 57th Street NW, Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees:     (a) On or about November 13, 2013, for employees exposed to cave-in hazards while installing wood materials in a trench approximately 60 feet long and five feet, nine inches, deep with unprotected vertical walls at or near 13302 57th Street NW, Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 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) or (c) of this section:     (a)  On or about November 13, 2013, for the employees installing wood materials in a vertical walled trench approximately five feet, nine inches, deep where one employee was fatally injured from a trench wall cave-in at or near 13302 57th Street NW, Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3): The employer did not correctly classify the following work-related injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent:  (a) For calendar year 2012, where the employer did not classify one case on the OSHA 300 log at 2326 Dyess Avenue, Rapid City, South Dakota.