OSHA Inspection: WOODYS REBAR COMPANY INC.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $7000.00 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 condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury.    (a)  On or about October 23, 2019 and at times prior, employees were exposed to hazards of excavation cave ins where employees were either not adequately trained or training could not be established in the avoidance and recognition of unsafe conditions while tying rebar in an excavation 16 feet or more in depth in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW and Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 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)  On or about October 23, 2019, and at times prior, for the employees constructing an outfall structure in an excavation 16 feet or more in depth, in between two cofferdams, where the employees had to travel 54 feet through a confined space to access egress, in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW & Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.    (a)  On or about October 23, 2019, and at times prior, for the employees constructing an outfall structure in an excavation 16 feet or more in depth in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW & Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:    (a)  On or about October 23, 2019, and at times prior, for the employees exposed to cave in hazards while constructing an outfall structure in an excavation 16 feet or more in depth when there existed cave-in, struck-by, impalement, and drowning hazards, created by inadequate protective systems, spoils immediately adjacent to the excavation, inadequate egress, unprotected rebar, and the failure to use and have present at the site proper safety equipment necessary when working in a cofferdam, without a trained competent person onsite in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW & Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9446.00 · Current $7000.00 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 paragraph (b) or (c) of this section:    (a)  On or about October 23, 2019, for the employees exposed to cave in hazards where there was no adequate protective system in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW and Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.

Issued

2020-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6747.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    (a)  On October 23, 2019, for the employees exposed to impalement hazards while working with or near rebar that was protruding from a concrete form in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue NW and Tenth Street NW in Minot, North Dakota.