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Following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, Arrow Plumbing LLC in Oak Grove agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program. Federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company’s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Oak Grove contractor for two repeated and two serious violations of trenching standards
, and proposed total penalties of $299,590. OSHA alleges the contractor failed to provide basic safeguards against trench collapse, such as a trench box or shoring material, and exposed an employee working in a trench to unsecured electrical and gas lines. The agency also alleges the company allowed an employee to work in a trench without head protection while exposed to overhead struck-by hazards.
02/18/21
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Oak Grove, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) - Barely two years after Arrow Plumbing LLC agreed to adopt a comprehensive trench safety program following the December 2016 death of an employee in an unprotected trench, federal inspectors responding to a complaint in August 2020 found another of the company s employees working at least 7-feet below ground in an unprotected trench in Grain Valley.
The U.S. Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the Oak Grove contractor for two repeated and two serious violations of trenching standards, and proposed total penalties of $299,590. OSHA alleges the contractor failed to provide basic safeguards against trench collapse, such as a trench box or shoring material, and exposed an employee working in a trench to unsecured electrical and gas lines. The agency also alleges the company allowed an employee to work in a trench without head protection while exposed to overhead struck-by h