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BOWERSTON, OH —

OSHA Inspection: KLEIN COMPANIES

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

At a glance

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of KLEIN COMPANIES in BEAVER DAM ROAD/GUNDY RIDGE ROAD LAT. 40.388700 LONG. -81.1597, BOWERSTON, OH 44695 (NAICS 213112). OSHA activity number 344101670.

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Where did this inspection happen?

Establishment
KLEIN COMPANIES
Site address
BEAVER DAM ROAD/GUNDY RIDGE ROAD LAT. 40.388700 LONG. -81.1597
City
BOWERSTON
State
OH
ZIP
44695
Mailing
8045 DAWNWOOD AVENUE, NE, CANTON, OH 44721

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
213112
Employees
12
Ownership type
A

Citations

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.652 A01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $7246.00 · Current $3623.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section.  a. On or about June 21, 2019, located at the Rover Anomaly Project off of Beaver Dam Road in Bowerston, Ohio, employees were working inside of a trench shield to perform an anomaly repair on a 42 inch gas line. The protective system had plywood installed on one end which did not adequately protect the employees from cave-in hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3623
  • — Z (S) $7246

1926.652 A02

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(2): Protective systems shall have the capacity to resist without failure all loads that are intended or could reasonably be expected to be applied or transmitted to the system.  a. On or about June 21, 2019, located at the Rover Anomaly Project off of Beaver Dam Road in Bowerston, Ohio, employees were working inside of a trench shield to perform an anomaly repair on a 42 inch gas line. Plywood was used as part of the trench shield's protective system which did not protect the employees from cave-in hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.652 C03 III

Other-than-serious 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $7246.00 · Current $0.00 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, shall be maintained at the jobsite during construction of the protective system. After that time the data may be stored off the jobsite, but a copy of the data shall be made available to the Secretary upon request.  a. On or about June 21, 2019, located at the Rover Anomaly Project off of Beaver Dam Road in Bowerston, Ohio, employees were working inside of a trench shield to perform an anomaly repair on a 42 inch gas line. The employer did not maintain tabulated data at the jobsite for the protective systems while being constructed nor did the employer make available a copy of the data to the Secretary upon request.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (S) $7246

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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 344101670.