OSHA Inspection: MENDEZ CONCRETE AND CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

2026-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1): Adequate protection was not provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face:  Location - Site  On or about 2/19/2026, employees were exposed to cave-in/struck-by/caught-in hazards while working in an excavation with-out protection/shoring while the excavator was located directly at the excavations edge.

Issued

2026-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Location - Site  On or about 2/19/2026, employees were exposed to struck-by/caught-in hazard while working in an excavation with the spoils pile located directly at the excavations edge.

Issued

2026-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2838.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  Location - Site  On or about 2/19/2026, employees were not protected from unguarded reinforcing steel and impalement hazards due to lack of guarding caps.