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OSHA Inspection: TAYLOR EXCAVATING CO., INC.

Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of TAYLOR EXCAVATING CO., INC. in 3951 LAKEVIEW CORPORATE DRIVE, EDWARDSVILLE, IL 62025 (NAICS 238990). OSHA activity number 340174382.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
3951 LAKEVIEW CORPORATE DRIVE
City
EDWARDSVILLE
State
IL
ZIP
62025
Mailing
3917 REAVIS BARRACKS RD, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63125
Inspection type
Fatality or catastrophe (M)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (A)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238990
Employees
4
Ownership type
Private (A)

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.1404 D01 I

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jun 1, 2015
Abate by
Dec 9, 2015
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
29 CFR 1926.1404(d)(1)(i): Before commencing assembly/disassembly operations, the A/D director did not ensure that the crew members understood all of their tasks:       The A/D director did not ensure that the crew members understood all of their tasks before commencing assembly/disassembly operations on a Grove Lattice Boom Crane, Model #84150G.
Recent events (3)
  • · F (S) $7000
  • · C (S) $7000
  • · Z (S) $7000

1926.1404 E01

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Jun 1, 2015
Abate by
Jun 5, 2015
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1404(e)(1): When a crew member goes to a location that is out of view of the operator and is either in, on, or under the equipment, or near the equipment (or load) where the crew member could be injured by movement of the equipment (or load), the crew member did not inform the operator that he/she is going to that location:    An employee did not inform the operator that he was going to a location under a 100 foot long lattice boom during the dismantling of the boom on a Grove Lattice Boom Crane, Model #84150G .
Recent events (3)
  • · F (S) $0
  • · C (S) $7000
  • · Z (S) $7000

1926.1404 H07

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jun 1, 2015
Abate by
Dec 9, 2015
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
29 CFR 1926.1404(h)(7): The boom sections, boom suspension systems (such as gantry A-frames and jib struts), and components were not rigged or supported to maintain stability upon the removal of the pins:                                                                  A 25 foot long head section on a Grove Lattice Boom Crane, Model #84150G was not rigged or supported to maintain stability upon the removal of the pins.
Recent events (3)
  • · F (S) $7000
  • · C (S) $7000
  • · Z (S) $7000

1926.1405 B

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Jun 1, 2015
Abate by
Dec 9, 2015
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1405(b): Pins (top or bottom) on boom sections located between the pendant attachment points and the crane/derrick body were removed (partly or completely) when the pendants are in tension:       Two pins on a 25 foot long head section of a 100 foot long boom span were removed while the pendants were in tension between the pendent attachment point on the head section, and the crane body of a Grove Lattice Boom Crane, Model #84150G.
Recent events (3)
  • · F (S) $0
  • · C (S) $7000
  • · Z (S) $7000

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