Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 008 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.651(i)(1): Where the stability of adjoining buildings, walls, or other structures was endangered by excavation operations, support systems such as shoring, bracing or underpinning was not provided to ensure the stability of such structures for the protection of employees. Location: Jobsite in front of 10 - 12 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA Employees are exposed to struck-by hazards when the stability of adjoining buildings, walls, or other structures are not shored, braced or underpinned. The employer routinely fails to assure effective protection against struck-by, caught between/crushing and other hazards as required by the standard, as demonstrated on October 21, 2016, when employees, working in a trench, approximately 12 feet below grade, were not protected from an undermined and/or unsupported light post at the site in front of 10 - 12 Dartmouth Street, Boston, MA 02116. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that adjoining buildings, walls, or other structures are shored, braced or underpinned to protect employees from hazards. Pursuant to 29 CFR 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance; including an explanation of how these steps protect employees from struck-by, crushing and other hazards.