OSHA Inspection: TL CABLE, LLC

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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 (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    a)  At the worksite, a safe means of egress was not provided inside the excavation.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations:    a)  At the worksite, the spoil piles were located adjacent to the side wall of the excavation, exposing the employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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 result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:    a)  At the worksite, a competent person was not onsite to conduct inspections of the excavation in that the designated competent person was unfamiliar with requirements of 29 CFR Subpart P, did not know the correct depth at which a protective systems were required, and was unable to correctly type soil.

Issued

2014-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 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 29 CFR 1926.652(c):    a)  At the worksite, the excavation was not protected from cave-ins by shoring or sloping, exposing the employee to caught-in hazards.