MOBILE, AL ·
OSHA Inspection: KEN NICHOLS, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of KEN NICHOLS, INC. in 109 LONG STREET, MOBILE, AL 36688 (NAICS 237990). OSHA activity number 342987880.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- KEN NICHOLS, INC.
- Site address
- 109 LONG STREET
- City
- MOBILE
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 36688
- Mailing
- PO BOX 224, ORANGE BEACH, AL 36561
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237990
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2018
- Abate by
- May 4, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217
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.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2217
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2018
- Abate by
- May 4, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,772 · Current $2,772
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).
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2772
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 342987880.
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