OSHA Inspection: SHARK'S EXCAVATION LLC

Issued

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2458.00 · Current $2458.00

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 result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions.   (a)   Shark Excavation, LLC, located at 1904 Leyden Street, Denver CO, 80220:  On or before December 19, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that a daily inspection of the trench was conducted prior to employees working inside the trench, in that hydraulic shoring used inside the 10-foot deep trench only protected the two sidewalls and did not include protection at the end of the trench where an employee was making a pipe connection.  The 10-foot deep section of the trench measured approximately 10 feet in length and 3.5 feet wide.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.

Issued

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    (a)   Shark Excavation, LLC, located at 1904 Leyden Street, Denver CO, 80220:  On or before December 19, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that each employee working in the 10-foot deep trench was provided with a safe means of egress, in that a ladder was not installed when an employee was making a pipe connection at the bottom of the trench. This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.

Issued

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2458.00 · Current $2458.00

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):  (a)   Shark Excavation, LLC, located at 1904 Leyden Street, Denver CO, 80220:  On or before December 19, 2019, the exposing employer did not ensure that an employee working inside a 10-foot deep trench was protected by an adequate protective system, in that the hydraulic shoring only protected the two sidewalls of the trench and did not include protection at the end of the trench where the employee was making a pipe connection.  The 10-foot deep section of the trench measured approximately 10 feet in length and 3.5 feet wide.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.

Issued

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(iii): Manufacturer's specifications, recommendations, and limitations, and manufacturer's approval to deviate from the specifications, recommendations, and limitations were not made available to the Secretary upon request:  (a) Shark Excavation, LLC, located at 1904 Leyden Street, Denver CO, 80220:  On or before December 19, 2019, the exposing employer did not provide the manufacturer's tabulated data for the hydraulic shoring utilized in the trench that measured approximately10 feet deep, 10 feet in length and 3.5 feet wide.  An employee working inside a 10-foot deep trench was not protected by an adequate protective system, in that the hydraulic shoring only protected the two sidewalls of the trench and did not include protection at the end of the trench where the employee was making a pipe connection.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.