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Fox Contracting LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Omaha, Nebraska · All Other Telecommunications · NAICS 517919

1inspections
3citation items
$3,800current penalties
Apr 22, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Fox Contracting LLC once in Nebraska.

The inspection began on Apr 22, 2022 on a referral, in Omaha.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,216 and now stand at $3,800, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for media and telecom employers since 2015 is $1,798, and Fox Contracting LLC averages $3,800 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Fox Contracting LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345917496 OPENED APR 22, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 13, 2026

12919 Ponca Road, Omaha, NE 68112 · All Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$2,486$1,400Jul 8, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$1,865$1,200Jul 8, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$1,865$1,200Jul 8, 2022Final

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.

Apr 22, 2022, Omaha: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hip(s)

An employee was digging an excavation to uncover a cut fiber optic cable. The employee climbed into the excavation when it collapsed onto him, resulting in hip pain.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2)

(2) Means of egress from trench excavations. A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees.

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2)

(2) Employees shall be protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection shall be 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 are sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary.

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1)

(k) Inspections. (1) Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems shall be made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions. An inspection shall be conducted by the competent person prior to the start of work and as needed throughout the shift. Inspections shall also be made after every rainstorm or other hazard increasing occurrence. These inspections are only required when employee exposure can be reasonably anticipated.

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