OSHA Inspection: TEXAS WALL & LANDSCAPE

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,827 · Current $4,096 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(1):  The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part.  a) At this jobsite, the employer did not develop and implement a trenching and excavation safety program.

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Abate by

Feb 9, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) At this jobsite, an employee was exposed to engulfment hazards while working inside and in the vicinity of an unprotected, approximately 8-feet 6-inch deep trench when the employer did not instruct the employee in recognizing trenching and excavation hazards.

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $0 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) At this jobsite, an employee was exposed to engulfment hazards while working inside of an approximately 8-feet 7-inch long and approximately 6-feet wide, 8-feet 6-inch deep excavation with approximately 6-inches of accumulated water at the bottom of the excavation.

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $5,734 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(c)(2):  A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in the trench excavation that was 4 feet or more in depth for employees to egress when required:  a) At this jobsite, an employee was exposed to engulfment hazards while working in an approximately approximately 8-feet 7-inch long and approximately 6-feet wide, 8-feet 6-inch deep unprotected excavation without a ladder installed.

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $5,734 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(j)(2):  Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations:  a) At the jobsite, an employee was exposed to struck-by hazards from dirt clods and rocks when he worked inside of an excavation with the spoil pile set closer than 2-feet from the edge.

Issued

Jan 13, 2022

Penalty

Initial $9,557 · Current $5,734 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) At this jobsite, an employee was exposed to engulfment hazards while working in an approximately approximately 8-feet 7-inch long and approximately 6-feet wide, 8-feet 6-inch deep unprotected excavation.