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Olson Digging Service: OSHA inspections and violations

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

1inspections
3citation items
$7,760current penalties
May 3, 2018last inspection

Olson Digging Service has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on May 3, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sioux Falls.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $12,934 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,760, down 40%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.651, excavations (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Olson Digging Service averages $7,760 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Olson Digging Service: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343135620 OPENED MAY 3, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 19, 2021

3708 East Brewster, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 3, 2018 (fatal): Employee is caught by excavation walls as they collapse and

At 11;00 a.m. on May 3, 2018, an employee was working in an excavation digging for utility lines. The employee was trapped and buried by the excavation's walls when they collapsed and the employee was crushed and killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Serious$12,934$7,760Jul 2, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.651(h)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$0$0Jul 2, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$0$0Jul 2, 2018Final

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(h)(1)

(h) Protection from hazards associated with water accumulation. (1) Employees shall not work in excavations in which there is accumulated water, or in excavations in which water is accumulating, unless adequate precautions have been taken to protect employees against the hazards posed by water accumulation. The precautions necessary to protect employees adequately vary with each situation, but could include special support or shield systems to protect from cave-ins, water removal to control the level of accumulating water, or use of a safety harness and lifeline.

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(2)

(2) Where the competent person finds evidence of a situation that could result in a possible cave-in, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or other hazardous conditions, exposed employees shall be removed from the hazardous area until the necessary precautions have been taken to ensure their safety.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees in excavations. (1) Each employee in an excavation shall be protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section except when:

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