OSHA Inspection: DUNAWAY EXCAVATING, INC.

Issued

2021-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3511.00 · Current $3511.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  (a) Dunaway Excavating, Inc. at 4387 Lacewood Lane, Johnstown, CO 80534: On April 16, 2021, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that each employee on the jobsite was trained on safety and health hazards in trenching operations. Two employees excavated a trench approximately 16 feet deep that had accumulated water at a depth of at least two feet to install a sewer tie-in. The trench was not properly sloped or benched and no other protective systems were in place. At least one of the employees was not instructed in the recognition of and avoidance of unsafe conditions or hazards or the regulations applicable to trenching and excavation, including  but not limited to water accumulation, trench wall fissures, sloughing of soil, cave-ins, and spoil pile hazards. This condition exposed employees to cave-in and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2021-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3511.00 · Current $3511.00

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) Dunaway Excavating, Inc. at 4387 Lacewood Lane, Johnstown, CO 80534: On April 16, 2021, the employer failed to ensure that a stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was located in an excavation. Two employees excavated a trench approximately 16 feet deep that had accumulated water at a depth of at least two feet to install a sewer tie-in. Two ladders were found in the trench, neither of which extended three feet beyond the top of the excavation and one of the ladders was damaged. The adjacent trench which was used to lay the sewer pipes, was also used by employees to access and egress the excavation and was greater than five feet deep without trench protection. This condition exposed employees to cave-in and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2021-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $98303.00 · Current $13989.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(h)(1): Employees were working in excavations in which there was accumulated water, or excavations in which water was accumulating, and adequate precautions had not been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation:   (a) Dunaway Excavating, Inc. at 4387 Lacewood Lane, Johnstown, CO 80534: On April 16, 2021, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that adequate precautions had been taken to protect employees who were tasked to enter excavations that had accumulated and were accumulating water. On April 16, 2021, employees were working in an excavation which was approximately 19 feet wide at the top, 11 feet wide at the bottom, and 16 feet deep in type B soil that accumulated approximately two feet of water at the bottom of the excavation, in order to install a sewer tie-in. The trench did not have a system to remove or control the water in the excavation. This condition exposed employees to a cave-in and struck-by hazards.

Issued

2021-10-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $98303.00 · Current $13989.00 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 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c):  (a) Dunaway Excavating, Inc. at 4387 Lacewood Lane, Johnstown, CO 80534: On April 16, 2021, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that adequate precautions had been taken to protect employees who were tasked to enter excavations that had accumulated and were accumulating water. On April 16, 2021, employees were working in an excavation which was approximately 19 feet wide at the top, 11 feet wide at the bottom, and 16 feet deep in type B soil that accumulated approximately two feet of water at the bottom of the excavation, in order to install a sewer tie-in. The trench did not have a trench box or shoring, or adequate sloping or benching, and no system to remove the water from the excavation. This condition exposed employees to a cave-in and struck-by hazards.