Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer does not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury: (a) A4S LLC dba A4S Construction: The employer is failing to ensure that workers assigned to work in trenches are trained to recognize the hazards of trenches and the methods to control the hazards. This violation occurred on November 16, 2021, at 0084 Berlin Placer Road in Breckenridge CO 80424, when employees working in the trenches were exposed to hazardous conditions and were not trained on the hazards of trenches and the methods to use to ensure that trenches are safe while conducting work inside them. Between August and December 2021, the employer routinely assigned inexperienced and untrained workers to work in trenches despite their inability to recognize and avoid unsafe trench conditions. To abate this violation the employer must ensure that the workers assigned to work in trenches are trained on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to trench safety.