OSHA Inspection: DON RICE CONTRACTING LLC

Issued

2021-04-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2926.00 · Current $1756.00 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:  (a) Don Rice Contracting LLC  at 12853 Tamarac St, Thornton, CO: On and around January 14, 2021, the exposing, creating, and correcting employer did not ensure that daily inspections were conducted by a competent person of two adjacent trenches  that were approximately 20 feet long and 3 feet  wide  with depths varying from 6 to 7 feet to protect employees  from trench wall cave-in. Employees were connecting sewer lines in the two trenches with type B soil that were benched  from the bottom with approximate 5 foot vertical cave walls to 2 foot horizontal bench steps to 1 to 2 foot vertical cave walls to the upper level. This condition exposed employees to crushing hazards by trench wall cave-in.

Issued

2021-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.652(b)(2):Maximum allowable slopes, and allowable configurations for sloping and benching systems, was not determined in accordance with the conditions and requirements set forth in Appendices A and B to this subpart:  (a) Don Rice Contracting LLC  at 12853 Tamarac St, Thornton, CO: On and around January 14, 2021, the exposing, creating, and correcting employer did not ensure that each employee working inside two adjacent trenches that were approximately 20 feet long and 3 feet  wide with depths varying from 6 to 7 feet were protected from cave-in with an allowable benching system. Employees were connecting sewer lines in the two trenches with type B soil that were benched  from the bottom with approximate 5 foot vertical cave walls to 2 foot horizontal bench steps to 1 to 2 foot vertical cave walls to the upper level. This condition exposed employees to crushing hazards by trench wall cave-in.