SAN ANTONIO, TX —
OSHA Inspection: BROWN EXCAVATION & UTILITIES, LLC
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of BROWN EXCAVATION & UTILITIES, LLC in 8300 BLOCK PERRIN BEITEL ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78218 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 343663993.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- BROWN EXCAVATION & UTILITIES, LLC
- Site address
- 8300 BLOCK PERRIN BEITEL ROAD
- City
- SAN ANTONIO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78218
- Mailing
- 19066 FM 1957, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78253
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237110
- Employees
- 150
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B03
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $6,819 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(3): Machinery, tool(s), material(s), or equipment which was not in compliance with the applicable requirement(s) of 29 CFR 1926 was not prohibited, and/or was not either identified as unsafe by tagging, or locking the controls to render them inoperable, or physically removed from its place of operation: a) At the 8200 Block Perrin-Beitel Project: On December 14, 2018 and at times prior to, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard due to a hydraulic leak on the Komatsu PC400LC-7L Excavator. b) At the 8200 Block Perrin-Beitel Project: On December 14, 2018 and at times prior to, employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard due to a hydraulic leak on the Komatsu PC300LC-8 Excavator, when the arm dropped to the ground without warning.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $6819
- — Z (S) $6819
1926.501 A02
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019
- Abate by
- Jun 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $6,819 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): The employer did not determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees were to work on, had the strength and structure integrity to support employees safely: At the 8200 Block Perrin-Beitel Project: On or about December 14, 2018, employees were exposed to a fall hazard, while a accessing an excavation from a trench bridge that did not have adequate ground support.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $2000
- — C (S) $6819
- — Z (S) $6819
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019
- Abate by
- Jun 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,000 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): East Side, adjacent to the roadway: On or about December 14, 2018, employees were exposed to cave-in hazards while connecting pipes without having an adequate trench shield system in place throughout the excavation per the design of the registered professional engineer.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $7000
- — C (S) $11934
- — Z (S) $11934
1926.652 G01 II
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,000 Reduced
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: West side of the excavation: On or about December 14, 2018, employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working inside a trench shield system that was not backfilled to prevent lateral movement.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $7000
- — C (S) $11934
- — Z (S) $11934
1926.652 G01 III
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019
- Abate by
- Jun 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(g)(1)(iii): Employees were not protected from the hazard of cave-ins when entering or exiting the area protected by shields: At the 8200 Block Perrin-Beitel Project: On or about December 14, 2018, employees were exposed to cave-in hazards while walking from a trench shield system to a manguard shield without adequate protection in place for pipe installation.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $7000
- — C (S) $11934
- — Z (S) $11934
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 343663993.
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