GONZALES, LA —
OSHA Inspection: HIGHMARK CONSTRUCTION
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of HIGHMARK CONSTRUCTION in HERITAGE CROSSING AND HWY 30, GONZALES, LA 70737 (NAICS 237990). OSHA activity number 346462393.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- HIGHMARK CONSTRUCTION
- Site address
- HERITAGE CROSSING AND HWY 30
- City
- GONZALES
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70737
- Mailing
- 2010 S. BURNSIDE, GONZALES, LA 70737
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237990
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.651 C02
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2023
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $5,000 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 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. On or about January 26, 2023, employees were expanding an excavation to install a drainage pipe in a trench 4 feet or more in-depth that did not have a safe means of egress.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000
- — Z (S) $6250
1926.651 E
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2023
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $5,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(e): Employee was not prohibited to be underneath loads handled by lifting or digging equipment. On or about January 26, 2023, employees installed an underground fuel tank in an excavation and underneath an excavator bucket while the excavator was backfilling the excavation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000
- — Z (S) $6250
1926.651 J02
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2023
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $0 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 or by a combination of both if necessary. On or about January 26, 2023, employees were expanding an excavation to install a drainage pipe where the spoils were not two feet from the edge of the excavation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $6250
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2023
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $5,000 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). On or about January 26, 2023, employees were excavating for the installation of a drainage pipe in a trench greater than five feet in depth that was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000
- — Z (S) $6250
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 346462393.
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