OSHA Inspection: K & W UNDERGROUND, INC.

Issued

Nov 15, 2022

Abate by

Jan 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $7,106 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.100(a):Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, was not protected by protective helmets.  The employer is failing to protect an employee from overhead struck-by hazards associated with trench work. This was most recently documented on August 9, 2022, at a utility construction site located at the Southwest corner of S 2nd St and S Metcalf Road , Louisburg, Kansas  whereby  an employee working in a trench measured with a depth of over 6 feet, a width of 3 feet, and a length of over 20 feet was not protected by helmet. Instance of exposure include and not limited to:   Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards from spoil piles while working in a trench approximately 6 feet deep.

Issued

Nov 15, 2022

Abate by

Jan 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $7,106 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(c)(2):A means of egress from trench excavations. A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations more than 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees.  The employer is failing to protect employees from fall  and cave-in hazards. This was most recently documented on August 9, 2022, at the construction site located at the Southwest corner of S 2nd St and S Metcalf Road, Louisburg, Kansas whereby no ladder  or a safe means of egress was provided while employee were in the trench. The trench measured approximately a depth of over 6 feet, a width of 3 feet, and a length of over 20 feet.

Issued

Nov 15, 2022

Abate by

Jan 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $7,106 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.651(j)(2):Employees shall be protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection shall be provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that are sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.  The employer is failing to protect an employee from struck-by and collapse hazards associated with trench work. This was most recently documented on August 9, 2022, at a utility construction site located at the Southwest corner of S 2nd St and S Metcalf Road , Louisburg, Kansas. An employee working in a trench measured with a depth of over 6 feet, a width of 3 feet, and a length of over 20 feet wide with the spoil pile placed within two feet of the edge of the excavation.

Issued

Nov 15, 2022

Abate by

Jan 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $7,106 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:  The employer is failing to protect an employee from struck-by and cave-in hazards associated with trench work. This was most recently documented on August 9, 2022, at a utility construction site located at the Southwest corner of S 2nd St and S Metcalf Road , Louisburg, Kansas whereby an employee working in a trench measured with a depth of approximately 6 feet, a width of 3 feet, and a length of over 20 feet was not protected with adequate shoring, sloping or benching as means of protection against the trench collapse.