OSHA Inspection: GLOBAL EARTHWORKS + UNDERGROUND LLC

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $43530.00

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to ensure confined spaces were evaluated by a competent person for characteristics of a permit space that included hazardous atmospheres. The company had a 2-person laborer crew enter active sewer systems via manholes to prep the manhole for invert installation.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(1): Where the workplace contained one or more permit spaces, the employer who identified, or received notice of, a permit space did not inform exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space.  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to ensure employees were informed of the existence, location, and dangers posed by permit spaces.  The company had a 2-person laborer crew enter active sewer systems via manholes during preparation work for invert installation in a manhole for a new apartment complex.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(2): Where the workplace contained one or more permit spaces, the employer who identified, or received notice of, a permit space did not inform exposed employees, in a timely manner and in a manner other than posting, its employees' authorized representatives and the controlling contractor of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to ensure that the controlling contractor was informed of the existence, location, and dangers posed by permit spaces that were present at the site.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(2): The employer did not provide each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative with the opportunity to observe any monitoring or testing of permit spaces;  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to implement permit space atmospheric monitoring or testing procedures.  The company had a 2-person laborer crew enter active sewer systems via manholes during preparatory work for invert installation activities at a new apartment complex.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(4): Purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards;   On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to implement procedures to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards, including hydrogen sulfide, in an active sewer system.  An employee suffered fatal injuries when overcome by hydrogen sulfide during an active sewer system entry to perform system tie-in and installation activities.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(d)(2): Employer did not provide ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to protect employees from asphyxiation hazards associated with permit required confined spaces.   An employee was suffered fatal injuries when the employer did not provide ventilating equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $21765.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(h): The employer did not designate each person who was to have an active role in entry operations and did not identify the duties of each such employee, and did not provide each employee with training required by 1926.1207.  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to designate roles per person who assisted in or entered the permit space.  The company had a 2-person laborer crew plus site foreman who were aware of or assisted in the entry of an active sewer system where the entrant was exposed to atmospheric hazards.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(i): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services (including procedures for summoning emergency assistance in the event of a failed non-entry rescue), for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to develop emergency summoning procedures during permit entry operations.  The employer required an employee to enter an active sewer system to perform preparatory activities prior to installing inverts in a manhole.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $21765.00

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1205(a): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by paragraph 1926.1204(c) of this standard by preparing an entry permit:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed ensure an entry permit was completed prior to the required entry of an employee inside a permit space to conduct preparatory activities prior to invert installation.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed ensure employees were provided training sufficient to, including but not limited to provide them with knowledge of the dangers associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide during entry into a permit space.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1210(a):  The entry employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor: is familiar with and understands the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure;  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed ensure the site foreman was familiar with the hazards of entering a permit space during preparatory activities prior to invert installation operations.

Issued

2024-12-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-11-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11292.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1480

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1211(a)(1): A prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified was not evaluated:  On or about July 8, 2024, at job site located at 9220 Old Santa Fe Road, in Kansas City, MO, the employer failed to ensure local responding emergency services could render aid in a timely manner, specifically in the event of an incapacitated employee inside a permit space (i.e. retrieval operations).