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Rector Excavating Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Guston, Kentucky · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

2inspections
12citation items
$26,895current penalties
Jul 15, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Rector Excavating Inc 2 times in Kentucky since 2021.

The latest one began on Jul 15, 2025 on a referral, in Wilder; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 8 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $37,350 and now stand at $26,895, 28% lower after settlements or reviews.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Rector Excavating Inc averages $13,448 (2 cited inspections).

Rector Excavating Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348373374 OPENED JUL 15, 2025Open

Referral · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Open

158 Valley View Dr, Wilder, KY 41071 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1) · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(4) · Excavations
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Serious$5,600$3,920Dec 19, 2025Final

Inspection 345634471 OPENED NOV 10, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Mar 15, 2022

Corner Of Kentaboo And Ridgeview Rd, Guston, KY 40142 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$1,250$1,125Jan 13, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$1,250$1,125Jan 13, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 2.181E(3)(4)(A)
 Other-than-serious$1,250$1,125Jan 13, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 2.181E(3)(4)(C)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.50(c) · Medical services and first aid
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1926.50(d)(1) · Medical services and first aid
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i)

(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1)

(b) Guarding. (1) When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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