OSHA Inspection: ZEBA INC.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

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, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions:     At this excavation site, an inspection of an excavation 39 feet in length by 20 feet wide by 14 feet deep was not conducted by a competent person prior to employee entry. Employees were exposed to hazards associated with an excavation collapse.

Issued

2015-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section:            On May 21, 2015 at this excavation site, employees entered a vertical wall excavation 39 feet in length by 20 feet wide by 14 feet deep to spread sand to level the bedding of the excavation floor. The vertical walls were not shored or protected to prevent a cave-in.