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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/her work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury: (a) GoldStar Excavation and Sewer, 1013 W. Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO: The employer is failing to ensure that workers assigned to work in trenches are effectively trained to recognize the hazards of trenches and the methods to control the hazards. This violation occurred on November 9, 2022, at 1013 W. Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521, when an employee working in a trench was exposed to hazardous conditions and was not effectively trained on the hazards of trenches and the methods to use to ensure that trenches are safe while conducting work inside them. The employer routinely assigns inexperienced and untrained workers to work in trenches despite their inability to recognize hazards and the methods to control hazards, including avoiding unsafe trench conditions. To abate this violation the employer must ensure that the workers assigned to work in trenches are effectively trained on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to trench safety.