B-Comm, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Kansas, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 7, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Kansas City.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $29,962 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,977, down 43%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (3 items).
For context, across all media and telecom employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,798. B-Comm, LLC averages $8,489 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this companyCentral Ave & James St., Kansas City, KS 66118 · All Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1) · Silica dust in construction |
Serious | $4,465 | $2,679 | Sep 26, 2023 | Final |
128 Rock Creek Loop, Lansing, KS 66043 · All Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 8, 2019: Employee is burned when shocked by overhead power lines
At 11:45 a.m. on January 8, 2019, Employee #1 was using the aerial lift to lift a cable line above a tree. The employee raised the aerial lift up into an overhead power line which resulted in severe burns to the body. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.67(c)(2)(ii) · Vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms |
Serious | $5,304 | $3,713 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $3,031 | $2,122 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1) · Training |
Serious | $5,304 | $3,713 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $3,031 | $1,667 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $3,031 | $1,667 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $2,576 | $1,417 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries |
Other-than-serious | $3,220 | $0 | May 6, 2019 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 8, 2019, Lansing: Amputation · amputations · forearm(s)
An employee was working from an aerial lift to replace telecommunication lines. He lifted the telecommunication line onto his shoulder to get a lashing machine out of a tree. An employee on the ground pulled the lashing line and caused it to come into contact with an overhead power line. The employee in the lift was shocked, resulting in an amputation of his left arm from the elbow down.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
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