Text For Citation: 03 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel for employees: a) DBS Inc. d/b/a Colorado Structural Repair, 4500 East Meadow Drive, (Building 3), Vail, CO 81657: The employer routinely fails to assure that employees have a stairway, ladder, ramp, or other safe means of egress located in trench excavations that were 4 feet or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet of lateral travel for employees, as demonstrated on or before June 21, 2023, and at times prior, when the employer did not ensure a means of egress was provided so that employees could safely access and egress a trench. Employees were waterproofing a basement foundation wall in an approximately 10-foot-deep trench. This exposed employees to cave in and struck by hazards. DBS Inc. d/b/a Colorado Structural Repair was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.651 (c)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1483881, citation number 3, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 01/06/2021, with respect to a workplace located at 9276 Desert Willow Rd., Highlands Ranch, CO, 80129.