DENVER, CO ·
OSHA Inspection: KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO. in 4595 E. 46TH AVE, DENVER, CO 80216 (NAICS 236220). OSHA activity number 344657713.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- KIEWIT INFRASTRUCTURE CO.
- Site address
- 4595 E. 46TH AVE
- City
- DENVER
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80216
- Mailing
- 160 INVERNESS DR. WEST SUITE 110, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236220
- Employees
- 437
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.651 K01
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2020
- Abate by
- Oct 15, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $9,639 · Current $9,639
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: (a) Kiewit Infrastructure Co., at 4595 E. 46th Ave, Denver, CO 80216: On or before February 26, 2020, the employer did not ensure that employees working inside a trench with one nearly vertical wall with multi-layered soil were protected from cave-in, in that the employee used a shovel to remove soil from a pre-existing water line in the bottom of the trench. The water line at the bottom of the nearly vertical wall measured approximately 8 feet, 3 inches, and was previously disturbed. The competent person failed to classify the soil as previously disturbed and failed to access the need for adequate protection for the exposed, nearly vertical wall containing multi layered soil during his daily inspection. This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $9639
- · C (S) $9639
- · Z (S) $9639
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2020
- Abate by
- May 4, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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). Kiewit Infrastructure Co., at 4595 E. 46th Ave, Denver, CO 80216: On or before February 26, 2020, the employer did not ensure that each employee replacing a section of a water line, inside a trench, with one nearly vertical wall, that measured 8 feet, 3 inches in depth, was protected from cave-in. The employer sloped the 3 other sides of the trench, however a nearly vertical wall, on the north side of the excavation was left unprotected, in that the nearly vertical wall consisting of multi-layered soil, was left exposed and unprotected. The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926 Subpart P, Appendix B, Table B 1.4, in that, all excavations 20 feet or less in depth made in layered soils shall have a maximum allowable slope for soil or rock deposit. The maximum allowable slope associated with Type B soil is an angle of 45 degrees or 1:1 from toe to top. The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652 Subpart P, Appendix B, Table B 1.4, Excavations Made in Layered Soils. This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344657713.
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