Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation is not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(b) or 1926.652(c): The employer does not protect each employee in its excavations by properly sloping the excavation or by using appropriate protective systems designed in accordance with paragraphs (b) or (c) of 29 CFR 1926.652. a) This most recently occurred on February 10, 2020, at 2346 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Employees were exposed to cave-in hazards while performing a sewer clean out to a main sewer line in a trench without the proper cave-in protection that was approximately 8' 1" in depth. To abate this hazard in the future, the employer must ensure that it's excavations are properly sloped, or that protective systems designed in accordance with this standard are used, and that no employees enter the excavations until protection is provided. OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1135828, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 21, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 1035 Randolph St., Oak Park, IL 60302. OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1135519, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on October 21, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at 1036 Washington Blvd., Oak Park, IL 60302. OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 962359, citation number 2, item number 2a and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 3624 N. Janssen Ave., Chicago, IL 60613. OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 826502, citation 1, item 1a, and was affirmed as a final order on March 25, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1809 W. Ohio St., Chicago Illinois 60622. OG Plumbing LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 767522 citation 1, item 2a, and was affirmed as a final order on January 31, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at N. Damen Ave. & W. Erie St., Chicago Illinois 60622.