Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001A 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 and 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)Runge Enterprises, Inc. working north of 57th Street, approximately 2000 feet west of 57th Street tunnel, Sioux Falls, SD 57106: On or about September 12, 2017, the employer did not ensure that adequate protection was provided, in that the spoils pile was placed directly on the west edge of the trench excavation and did not maintain a distance of at least two feet. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards in the form of excavated material.