OSHA Inspection: HOLTGER BROTHERS, INC.

Issued

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(f):     Employees were permitted to work on the faces of sloped or benched excavations at levels above other employees when employees at the lower levels were not adequately protected from the hazard of falling, rolling, or sliding material:    (a) Intersection of Wisconsin and Hobart Street; An employee was working in a trench with vertical walls on three sides and was measured to be about five feet four inches in depth, eight feet in length, and two feet wide.