Employer contests a two-item serious citation with a fine of $18,564. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29 C.F.R. 1926.651(k)(1), for failure to have a competent person conduct daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas and protective systems for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres or other hazardous conditions; and 29 C.F.R. 1926.652(a)(1), for failure to ensure that each employee in an excavation was protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 C.F.R. 1926.652(c). (No. 19-1588)
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