As he was driving along a public roadway, Compliance Safety and Health Officer Matthew Hoover noticed an open excavation at the intersection of Cypress Creek Bend Drive & Tuckerton Road in Cypress, Texas, which he stopped to inspect pursuant to Complainant’s National Emphasis Program on trenching. (Tr. 37). When he arrived at Respondent’s worksite, he observed Rubin Calzada, Respondent’s foreman, standing at the edge of the excavation and looking down upon two employees, who were installing cathode wires to previously installed water mains. Those wires prevent the creation of corrosive environments for the pipe. (Tr. 61, 190). Based on CSHO Hoover’s observations, he concluded that Respondent committed three violations of the trenching and excavation standards found at Subpart P. These violations included a failure to provide proper ingress/egress from the trench and failure to provide adequate means of protection against cave-ins. See Citation and Notification of Penalty.