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Below Ground Surface, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Shawnee, Kansas · Remediation Services · NAICS 562910

1inspections
1citation items
$750current penalties
Sep 22, 2016last inspection

Below Ground Surface, Inc has one OSHA inspection on record in Kansas.

OSHA opened it on Sep 22, 2016 on a referral, in Shawnee.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $1,500 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $750, down 50%.

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Below Ground Surface, Inc averages $750 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Below Ground Surface, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341789436 OPENED SEP 22, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Mar 1, 2017

8110 Cole Parkway, Shawnee, KS 66227 · Remediation Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$1,500$750Jan 19, 2017Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Sep 16, 2016, Shawnee: Hospitalization · gunshot wounds · lumbar region

An employee was getting equipment ready to head out to the field while a second employee brought a gun to the office to have a third employee look at it. While the two employees were looking at the gun to correct a malfunction, it went off and shot the employee preparing equipment. The employee was struck in the lower back, hitting the pelvic bone, stomach and large intestine.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

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