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OSHA Inspection: REESMAN'S EXCAVATING & GRADING, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of REESMAN'S EXCAVATING & GRADING, INC. in 141 MAIN STREET, RACINE, WI 53403 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 346621816.

What this inspection record means

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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
141 MAIN STREET
City
RACINE
State
WI
ZIP
53403
Mailing
28815 BUSHNELL RD., BURLINGTON, WI 53105
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237110
Employees
5
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.1060 A01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 8, 2023
Penalty
Initial $7,969 · Current $6,400 Reduced
1926.1060(a)(1)  The employer shall ensure that each employee has been trained by a competent person in the following areas, as applicable:  (a) On or about April 10, 2023, employees were working in an excavation measuring from four (4) feet, six (6) inches to six (6) feet, eight (8) inches deep without a ladder or other acceptable means of safe egress. This exposed employees to cave-in,  crushing, and engulfment hazard in an emergency.  In the alternative:  29 CFR  1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:   a) On or about April 10, 2023, employees  working in an excavation were not provided a ladder for egress when there was a minimum break in elevation in excess of twenty-four  (24) inches, and required employees to step/climb onto benched area of class "C" soil mixed with other loose and fissured substrate soil materials to enter and egress the excavation.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $6400
  • — Z (S) $7969

1926.21 B02

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 8, 2023
Abate by
Sep 14, 2023
Penalty
Initial $9,297 · Current $7,400 Reduced
1926.21(b)(2)  The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  (a) On or about April 10, 2023, employees were working in an un-shored excavation that ranged from four (4) feet, six (6) inches deep, to six (6) feet, eight (8) inches deep, exposing employees to a cave-in hazard. The type "C" classified soil of the excavation exhibited observable fissures along the sides of the excavation, and the competent person on site did not remove employees from the excavation and install protective shoring.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $7400
  • — Z (S) $9297

1926.652 C

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Sep 8, 2023
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
1926.652(c)  Design of support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems. Designs of support systems, shield systems, and other protective systems shall be selected and constructed by the employer or his designee and shall be in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (c)(1); or, in the alternative, paragraph (c)(2); or, in the alternative, paragraph (c)(3); or, i the alternative, paragraph (c)(4) as follows:  (a) On or about April 10, 2023, employee(s) engaged in activities that included work on a water main, were not protected from cave-in by a protective system while working in a trench ranging from 6 feet deep to (6) feet, eight (8) inches deep in class "C" soil.  This exposed employees to a a cave-in and engulfment hazard.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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