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Arcsmart, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Port Allen, Louisiana · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
2citation items
$5,569current penalties
Jun 5, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Arcsmart, LLC in Louisiana one time.

It opened on Jun 5, 2019 on a referral, in Port Allen.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $7,956; today they stand at $5,569, 30% less.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,078 penalty. Arcsmart, LLC averages $5,569 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Arcsmart, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344056734 OPENED JUN 5, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2020

1696 Catalyst Drive, Port Allen, LA 70767 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 31, 2019: Employee is burned in electric arc flash

At 11:15 a.m. on May 31, 2019, Employee #1, employed by an electrical contractor, was working at a commercial building, terminating wires in an electrical panel. The electrical panel was not de-energized. An arc flash occurred, and the employee was severely burned. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of second and third degree burns over 55% to 65% of his body.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Other-than-serious$3,978$2,785Jun 27, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$3,978$2,785Jun 27, 2019Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

May 31, 2019, Port Allen: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree electrical burns · nonclassifiable

While terminating some cables in an electrical cabinet, an employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from an arc flash.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

Other electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors employers in Louisiana

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