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, or by a combination of both if necessary. The employer is failing to protect employees from struck-by and collapse hazards associated with trench work. This was most recently documented on August 20, 2020, at the residential construction site located at 643 Gateway Court, Grain Valley, Missouri: Where the employer has employees working in a 9'3" deep trench with the spoil pile placed within two feet of the edge of the excavation. Arrow Plumbing was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926. 651(j)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1197640, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on September 28, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 507 Coleman Road Belton, Missouri. Arrow Plumbing was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1204399, citation number 2, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on September 28, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at Lot 27 N Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, Missouri.