OSHA Inspection: H & W CONTRACTING

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $3,234 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(a): All surface encumbrances that were located so as to create a hazard to employees were not removed or supported, as necessary, to safeguard employees:     (a)  On or about July 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to a power pole near the edge of the trench while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation:     (a)  On or about July 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to cave-in hazards while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations:     (a)  On or about July 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to cave-in and struck-by hazards while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep where the spoil piles are located on the edge of the trench in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $2,310 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 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to cave-in hazards while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota;

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $38,500 · Current $23,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2): Where the competent person found evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees were not removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions had been taken to ensure their safety:     (a)  On or about July 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to cave-in hazards while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 26, 2015

Abate by

Mar 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 28, 2014, for an employee exposed to cave-in hazards while installing a concrete storm sewer in an unprotected trench approximately ten feet deep in the vicinity of Columbia Street and East Willow Street in Harrisburg, South Dakota.