OSHA Inspection: DOWNEY CONTRACTING LLC

Issued

2014-05-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10780.00 · Current $5390.00 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 (b) or (c):      Worksite located at the intersection of N Kelly Ave and Coffee Creek Rd, Edmond, OK 73025. On or about March 19, 2014, effective benching or sloping was not in place to adequately protect employees while working in the trench, exposing employees to engulfment or crushed-by hazards of collapsing soil.       DOWNEY CONTRACTING LLC WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1926.652(A)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 410223, CITATION NUMBER 2, ITEM NUMBER 3 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON NOVEMBER 5, 2012, WITH A FINAL ABATEMENT DATE OF OCTOBER 12, 2012 WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT I-44 AND I-235, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73111, AND WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION # 300117058, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 2, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON AUGUST 22, 2008 WITH A FINAL ABATEMENT DATE OF AUGUST 1, 2008, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE HAZARD AT KELLY AND COVELL ROAD IN EDMOND, OK.