OSHA Inspection: BRAATEN PLUMBING, INC.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Apr 2, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,500 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:     (a) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to cave-in and struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench where the employees were not trained in excavation at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.      (b) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to cave-in and struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench where there was not a trained competent person at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  (a) On or about November 1, 2019, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench approximately 8 feet 6 inches deep where walls were sloughing and caving-in at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): An inspection of the excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems was not conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift:  (a) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to cave-in and struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench approximately 8 feet 6 inches deep without adequate protective systems in place at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,048 · Current $2,500 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 paragraph (b) or (c) of this section:     (a) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to cave-in and struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench approximately 8 feet 6 inches deep where the trench box acting as the protective system did not have tabulated data and was not approved by a registered professional engineer at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   (a) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to struck-by hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench where approximately 3 feet or more of soil was excavated around the trench box at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Abate by

Mar 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 C.F.R. 1926.1053(a)(27): Individual-rung/step ladders did not extend at least 42 inches (1.1 m) above an access level or landing platform either by the continuation of the rung spacings as horizontal grab bars or by providing vertical grab bars that shall have the same lateral spacing as the vertical legs of the rungs:  (a) On or about November 1, 2019, for the employees exposed to fall hazards while repairing a sewer line in a trench where the ladder did not extend to the top of the trench at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

Mar 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four hours.   (a) On or about November 1, 2019, and at times after for the employee who was hospitalized after being in a trench cave-in while repairing a sewer line at 4514 West Dakota Parkway in Williston, North Dakota.