OSHA Inspection: KODIAK LAWN CARE AND SNOW REMOVAL

Issued

2020-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3643.00 · Current $1812.00 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:    USCG Base Kodiak, Hangar 1, C130J Fire Suppression Project: on or about 10 October 2019; employees were observed entering an excavation site with unguarded and/or unprotected vertical walls measuring approximately 12 feet in depth. The excavation walls were not properly sloped for Class "C" soil, and no other form of protective methods exist such as a trench box. This condition exposed employees to hazards associated with cave-ins.

Issued

2020-03-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3643.00 · Current $1812.00 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).    USCG Base Kodiak, Hangar 1, C130J Fire Suppression Project: on or about 10 October 2019; employees were observed entering an excavation site with unguarded and/or unprotected vertical walls measuring approximately 12 feet in depth. The excavation walls were not properly sloped for Class "C" soil, and no other form of protective methods exist such as a trench box. This condition exposed employees to hazards associated with cave-ins.