OSHA Inspection: BEAR CAPITAL VENTURES, INC.

Issued

2022-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $10151.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres and or other hazardous conditions:  (a)	Bear Capital Ventures, Inc. DBA Bear Excavating, 717 71st Ave., Greeley, CO 80634: On or about December 13, 2021, the creating, exposing, and correcting employer did not ensure that daily inspections of the excavation and the adjacent area were made by the competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in a hazardous condition, in that employees who were hand-digging and removing pipe from the bottom of a trench that was approximately 4 feet 6 inches in depth were not protected by an adequate protective system.  The trench had near vertical walls, type B soil, and visible cracks and fissures, as well as sections of soil sloughing into the trench. In addition, an employee who was retrieving a shovel from inside the trench sustained serious injuries when he was struck by section of a trench wall that collapsed.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.

Issued

2022-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)(ii): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins in that the excavation was less than 5 feet (1.52 m) in depth and examination of the ground by a competent person provided an indication of a potential cave-in.  (a)	Bear Capital Ventures, Inc. DBA Bear Excavating, 717 71st Ave., Greeley, CO 80634: On December 13, 2021, the creating, exposing, and correcting employer did not ensure that employees who were working inside a trench that was approximately 4 feet 6 inches in depth were protected by an adequate protective system.  An employee who was retrieving a shovel from inside the trench sustained serious injuries when he was struck by section of a trench wall that collapsed.  The trench had near vertical walls, type B soil, and visible cracks and fissures as well as sections of soil sloughing into the trench.  This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.  (b)	Bear Capital Ventures, Inc. DBA Bear Excavating, 717 71st Ave., Greeley, CO 80634: On or about December 13, 2021, the creating, exposing, and correcting employer did not ensure that employees who were hand-digging and removing pipe from the bottom of a trench that was approximately 4 feet 6 inches in depth were protected by an adequate protective system.  The trench had near vertical walls, type B soil, and visible cracks and fissures, as well as sections of soil sloughing into the trench. This condition exposed employees to a crushing hazard by excavation wall cave-in.