OSHA Inspection: RICE LAKE CONSTRUCTION GROUP

Issued

2016-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $3600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that posed a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations and protection was not provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) 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:      (a)    On or about December 2, 2015 for employees exposed to struck-by hazards while laying pipe in an excavation with the spoil pile on the edge of the excavation at or near 7 12th Avenue East in Williston, North Dakota.

Issued

2016-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2): Where the competent person found evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees were not removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety:      (a)    On or about December 2, 2015 for employees exposed to struck-by hazards while laying pipe in a trench with the spoil pile on the edge of the excavation at or near 7 12th Avenue East in Williston, North Dakota.