OSHA Inspection: BADECO INC.

Issued

Aug 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $24,500 · Current $5,000 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) or (c) of this section:    Along a highly trafficked road, on or about May 08, 2014, employees were working inside an excavation approximately 5 feet deep by 4 feet wide by 16 feet long without any type of adequate cave-in protection.    BADECO INC. 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 766903, CITATION NUMBER 02, ITEM NUMBER 02, ISSUED ON 03/29/13 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 06/25/13, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT BASSE & BLANCO RD., SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78228.    BADECO, INC. 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 314305889, CITATION NUMBER 02, ITEM 001, ISSUED ON 05/19/2011, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 06/13/2011, WITH AN ABATEMENT DATE OF 05/24/2011, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 6000 DE ZAVALA RD., SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78249.    BADECO, INC. 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 314304247, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM 001, ISSUED ON 03/02/2011, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 03/07/2011, WITH AN ABATEMENT DATE OF 03/07/2011, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 5170 RANDOLPH BLVD., SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78233.    BADECO INC. 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 312853203, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 02, ISSUED ON 11/02/09 AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 05/28/2010, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT QUILL AND BANDERA RD., SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78247.     BADECO, INC. 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 312851215, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM 001, ISSUED ON 07/21/2009, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON 07/29/2009, WITH AN ABATEMENT DATE OF 07/29/2009, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT 2002 BANDERA RD., SAN ANTONIO, TX. 78201.