OSHA Inspection: YANTIS COMPANY

Issued

2015-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $35000.00 · Current $0.00 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(c):  West side of Maurer Ranch Rd., on or about May 5, 2015, employees were exposed to cave-in and/or caught-in hazards while leak checking a previously installed water line inside a previously disturbed trench that was approximately 4 feet in width by 10.5 feet in depth by 41 feet in length and did not have any form of cave-in protection systems in place.     The Yantis Company 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 314305095, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 24 March 2011 with respect to a workplace located a Mediator Path & Rocket Lane, Converse, TX.