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OSHA Inspection: S&J DITCHING LLC AND JOHN COVEY INDIVIDUALLY

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of S&J DITCHING LLC AND JOHN COVEY INDIVIDUALLY in 4610 FORREST AVE, KANSAS CITY, MO 64110 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 347503955.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
4610 FORREST AVE
City
KANSAS CITY
State
MO
ZIP
64110
Mailing
307 W 5TH STREET, LAWSON, MO 64062
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
238910
Employees
3
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.100 A

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Oct 25, 2024
Penalty
Initial $3,042 · Current $3,042
29 CFR 1926.100(a):   Employees were not protected by protective helmets while working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns:  At a residential work site located at 4610 Forrest Ave, Kansas City, Missouri. An employee was exposed to struck by hazards from rocks and other debris by not wearing personal protective equipment in the form of a hard hat while working in an unprotected trench approximately 15 feet in depth.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (S) $3042

1926.651 C02

Willful Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Oct 25, 2024
Abate by
Nov 21, 2024
Penalty
Initial $88,728 · Current $88,728
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.  At a residential jobsite located at 4610 Forrest, Kansas City, Missouri- An employee was exposed to engulfment hazards in that there was no safe means of egress located in the approximately 16 x17 foot trench, approximately 15 feet at the deepest part, (north end) via stairway, ladder or ramp.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (W) $88728

1926.652 A01

Willful Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Oct 25, 2024
Abate by
Nov 21, 2024
Penalty
Initial $88,728 · Current $88,728
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:   At a residential jobsite located at 4610 Forrest, Kansas City, Missouri.  The employer did not provide or require the use of benching, sloping, shoring or other means to ensure that employees working in trench/excavations were protected from engulfment hazards. The employer did not provide or require the use of benching, sloping, shoring or other means to ensure that employees working in trench/excavations were protected from engulfment hazards. Employee was 15 feet deep in the excavation without shoring or trench collapse protection.
Recent events (1)
  • — Z (W) $88728

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