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OSHA Inspection: LEN COX & SONS EXCAVATING

Unprogrammed Other inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Other safety inspection of LEN COX & SONS EXCAVATING in NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF US 30 (LINCOLN HIGHWAY) AND OLD HICKORY RD., NEW LENOX, IL 60451 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 346192628.

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Site address
NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF US 30 (LINCOLN HIGHWAY) AND OLD HICKORY RD.
City
NEW LENOX
State
IL
ZIP
60451
Mailing
1203 THEODORE ST. SUITE 2A, CREST HILL, IL 60403
Inspection type
Unprogrammed Other (I)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237110
Employees
1
Ownership type
A

1 citation on file for this inspection.

1926.651 K01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2023
Abate by
Feb 2, 2023
Penalty
Initial $24,063 · Current $8,500 Reduced
1926.651(k)(1):  Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems shall be made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions. An inspection shall be conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift. Inspections shall also be made after every rainstorm or other hazard increasing occurrence. These inspections are only required when employee exposure can be reasonably anticipated.  On or about September 1, 2022, at the above addressed jobsite, respondent's employees were performing water main replacement activities in a trench, approximately seventeen (17) feet in depth. Respondent's competent person did not ensure its 8-foot shoring-measured 10-fect deep before employees ingressed into the trench  LEN COX & SONS EXCAVATING was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1483390, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on September 29, 2020, with respect to a workplace located at Route 30 And Vine St. in New Lenox, Illinois.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $8500
  • — C (R) $24063
  • — Z (R) $24063

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