OSHA Inspection: BURKE DIVIDE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 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 July 8, 2014, for the employees exposed to excavation cave-in hazards without a trained competent person on site while installing electrical lines in an unprotected trench approximately 7 feet deep in the vicinity of Highway 8, south of Bowbells, ND.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 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 July 8, 2014, for the employees exposed to cave-in hazards while installing electrical lines in a trench approximately seven feet deep with unprotected vertical sidewalls and evidence of fissures/sloughing in the vicinity of Highway 8, south of Bowbells, ND.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 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 July 8, 2014, for the employees exposed to cave-in hazards while installing electrical lines in an unprotected trench approximately seven feet deep in the vicinity of Highway 8, south of Bowbells, ND.

Issued

2014-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 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 July 8, 2014, for the employees installing electrical lines in a trench approximately seven feet deep with unprotected vertical walls in the vicinity of Highway 8, south of Bowbells, ND.