Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002 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 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. On or about March 10, 2025, at the north side of the worksite, employees were working within an excavation and the spoil piles were placed within two (2) feet of the excavation edge. W.E.B. Construction Inc. 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 numbers 1483288, citation number 1, item number 1b, and was affirmed as a final order on September 14, 2020, with a final abatement date of August 18, 2020, with respect to a workplace hazard located on the corner of Britton Road and Sooner in Oklahoma City, OK.