OSHA Inspection: T-BONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Mar 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1):  Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres and or other hazardous conditions:    (a) T-Bone Construction, Inc., 15431 E. 104th Ave., Commerce City, CO  80022: On and before December 4, 2019, the employer did not ensure that daily inspections of a trench and the adjacent area were made by the competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in a hazardous condition, in that an employee was working inside a section of the trench where it was approximately 8 feet in depth and the angle where benching had been attempted was greater than the 45 degree maximum allowable slope for type B soil.  This section of the trench had nearly vertical walls.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by trench wall cave-in.      (b) T-Bone Construction, Inc., 15431 E. 104th Ave., Commerce City, CO  80022: On and before December 4, 2019, the employer did not ensure that daily inspections of a trench and the adjacent area were made by the competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in a hazardous condition, in that loose rock and an excavator was placed and operating less than 2 feet from the edge of excavations while employees worked in the trench. This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by trench wall cave-in.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Mar 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b)(2): Maximum allowable slopes, and allowable configurations for sloping and benching systems, were not determined in accordance with the conditions and requirements set forth in Appendices A and B to this subpart:    (a) T-Bone Construction, Inc., 15431 E. 104th Ave., Commerce City, CO  80022: On or before December 4, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that employees were protected from injury, in that an employee was working inside a section of the trench where it was approximately 8 feet in depth and the angle where benching had been attempted was greater than the 45 degree maximum allowable slope for type B soil.  This section of the trench had nearly vertical walls.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by trench wall cave-in.

Issued

Feb 7, 2020

Abate by

Mar 4, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection was not provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that are sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary:  (a) T-Bone Construction, Inc., 15431 E. 104th Ave., Commerce City, CO  80022: On and before December 4, 2019 the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Loose rock and an excavator was placed and operating less than 2 feet from the edge of excavations while employees worked in the trench. This condition exposed employees to cave-in hazards.