OSHA Inspection: SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2024-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6453.00 · Current $3872.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about October 26, 2023, an employee who entered an excavation, did not wear protective headgear and worked below equipment and spoil piles exposing the employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2024-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4840.00 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 October 26, 2023, an employee working in an excavation was not provided a ladder or other means to allow safe ingress and egress from the excavation, exposing the employee to  the hazard of falling/collapsing soil.

Issued

2024-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6453.00 · Current $3872.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Protection was not provided by placing and keeping excavated or other materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.  On or about October 26, 2023, excavated materials and equipment were placed within 2 feet (.61m) of the edge of the excavation, when an employee entered the excavation.  This exposed the employee to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2024-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $6775.00 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 October 26, 2023, an employee was observed working in an excavation that did not have cave-in protection installed. The employee worked in an excavation that was more than 5 feet in depth to locate a manhole and was exposed to hazards from falling and/or collapsing soil.