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Short Excavating: OSHA inspections and violations

Lennox, South Dakota · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

1inspections
3citation items
$3,000current penalties
Aug 15, 2019last inspection

Short Excavating has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Aug 15, 2019 on a referral, in Lennox.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,547 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,000, down 34%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Short Excavating averages $3,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Short Excavating: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344236682 OPENED AUG 15, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Oct 9, 2019

Main And Park Drive, Lennox, SD 57039 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Serious$2,842$2,000Sep 10, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$0$0Sep 10, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
 Other-than-serious$1,705$1,000Sep 10, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)

(a) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

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.

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:

Other site preparation contractors employers in South Dakota

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