OSHA Inspection: STEVE'S EXCAVATING & PAVING, INC.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Penalty

Initial $11,224 · Current $5,612 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:  a) Bayview Drive, Belleair, FL jobsite - Employees were exposed to a struck by hazard, in that, excavated materials were placed within 2 feet of the edge of an approximately 7 foot deep trench, on or about April 26, 2016.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

Abate by

Nov 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $112,238 · Current $56,119 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 employee(s) was/were not removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety.  a) Bayview Drive, Belleair, FL jobsite - The trench competent person, on-site for the entire shift, did not correct existing hazards, such as but not limited to, the spoil pile within 2 feet of the trench edge and no sloping or shoring of a trench approximately 7 feet deep in Type "C" soil, on or about April 26, 2016.

Issued

Oct 17, 2016

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 29 CFR 1926.652(c):  Bayview Drive, Belleair, FL jobsite - Employees were exposed to a struck by/ crush by hazard while working in a trench approximately 7 feet deep in Type "C" soil without proper sloping or shoring, on or about April 26, 2016.