Text For Citation: 02 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: Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while working in an excavation where debris was not kept at least 2-feet back from the edge.29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) of this section: 4 M Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1079302, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 25, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 708 E. College Street, Athens, Texas.