OSHA Inspection: ZEE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,673 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:     Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to ensure that a safe means of access and egress was provided for employees working in an excavation.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident due to inadequate protective systems.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:     Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to provide training to recognize unsafe conditions that could lead to struck-by and crush-by hazards, associated with working in excavations that were not protected from cave-ins.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,100 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 (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to ensure that a safe means of access and egress was provided for employees working in an excavation.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident due to inadequate protective systems.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face:    Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to provide protection against cave-in hazards from loose soil on the face of the excavation.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

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):    Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to provide protection against cave-in hazards from the sidewalls of the excavation.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,100 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:     Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the employer failed to ensure that daily inspections of the excavation were conducted by a competent person.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident due to inadequate protective systems.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(e)(2)(i): Excavation of material to a level no greater than 2 feet (.61m) below the bottom of the members of a support system was permitted where the system was not designed to resist the forces calculated for the full depth of the trench:    Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the shield system that was in place was not installed to provide protection against cave-in hazards from the sidewalls of the excavation, in that there was approximately 8 feet of unprotected sidewall below the bottom of the shield.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident.

Issued

Aug 9, 2016

Abate by

Jan 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(g)(1)(ii): Shields were not installed in a manner to restrict lateral or other hazardous movement of the shield in the event of the application of sudden lateral loads:     Zee Construction Co., Inc.  4930 Woodville Rd, Northwood, Ohio:  On or about May 14, 2016 the shield system that was in place was not installed to prevent lateral movement and provide protection against cave-in hazards from the sidewalls of the excavation.  An employee was struck by soil during a cave-in incident.