OSHA Inspection: PREMIER UNDERGROUND, LLC

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

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:     The employer is failing to ensure that employees are trained to recognize engulfment hazards associated with working in an excavation.  The most recent occurrence was evident during the inspection conducted on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.  The employer failed to train employees in the hazards associated with working in excavations that are outlined in Subpart P of 29 CFR 1926.  This training would allow employees to recognize unsafe conditions and take appropriate actions in order to eliminate them.  Employees were observed working in one trench on the east side of Pine St and another trench on the west side of Pine St.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1663.00 · Current $832.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact or falling objects:     The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by hazards associated with working in a trench.  The most recent occurrence was evident during the inspection conducted on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.  The employer has three employees working in a seven foot trench on the west side of Pine St where there is a potential for a head injury from falling debris.  The spoil piles and loose debris is located between zero and twelve inches from the top edge of the trench where an employee was observed working without any head protection.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 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:    The employer is failing to provide a safe means of egress when working in a trench excavation.  The most recent occurrence was evident during the inspection conducted on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.        a. One employee is working in the east side trench, which is approximately 12 feet long, 3.5 feet wide, and 8 feet deep, and there is no ladder for egress.      b. One employee is working in the west side trench, which is approximately 50 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 7 feet deep.  There is only one ladder, located approximately 50 feet away, available for egress.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 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:     The employer is failing to protect employees from excavated materials that could pose a hazard by falling into excavations where employees are working.  The most recent occurrence was evident during the inspection conducted on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.  The employer has two different trenches at the jobsite.  While both trenches have the spoils piles located within 2 feet of the edge only the larger trench has a large enough spoils pile to pose a cave-in hazard.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c)(3)(iii): At least one copy of the tabulated data, which identifies the registered professional engineer who approved the data, was not maintained at the jobsite during construction of the protective system:     The employer is failing to maintain a copy of the tabulated data for the hydraulic shoring device located at the jobsite which could result in failure exposing employees to cave-ins.  The most recent occurrence was evident during the inspection conducted on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.  The employer does not have the tabulated data for the speed shoring that was used the day prior and was pulled out to be used during the inspection.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $25867.00 · Current $12934.00 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 (b) or (c).      The employer is failing to protect employees from crushing hazards while working in excavations (trenches).  This was most recently documented on December 12, 2017 at a jobsite located at 20619 Pine St, Elkhorn, NE 68022.  The employer was actively working in two separate excavations and had employees exposed to cave in hazards in each.       a. The employer allowed an employee to enter the east side trench, which is about 12 feet long, 3.5 feet wide, and 8 feet deep, without any form of protective system.       b. The employer allowed an employee to enter the east side trench, which is approximately 50 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 7 feet deep, without any form of protective system.