OSHA Inspection: KEN NICHOLS, INC.

Issued

2018-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

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:   a) 109 Long Street, Mobile AL; On or about March 1, 2018 and at times prior thereto the employer exposed employees to worksite hazards in that the employer failed to instruct his employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to their work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injuries. Employees were working in an excavation next to an 8 foot tall dirt wall without any safety training regarding trenching and excavation work.

Issued

2018-04-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

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 paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.   a) 109 Long Street, Mobile AL; On or about March 1, 2018 the employer exposed employees to cave-in hazards in that employees were allowed to work inside of an excavation at the base of an 8 foot dirt wall in class "b" soil. The employer had not complied with the standard in that employees were not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system and the excavation was sloped at an angle steeper than one and one-half horizontal to one vertical (thirty-four degrees measured to the horizontal).