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