Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection was not 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: a) Proposed manhole at intersection of Cass & Carew Streets., Springfield, MA: On or about October 10, 2018, two employees were observed working in this unprotected excavation which had a 47,400 pound excavator parked straddling the edge of this excavation. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29CFR1903.19(d)(1).