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Bateman Cable: OSHA inspections and violations

Frankston, Texas · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237130

1inspections
4citation items
$8,000current penalties
May 16, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bateman Cable once in Texas.

The inspection began on May 16, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Frankston.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $10,532 and now stand at $8,000, 24% lower after settlements or reviews.

Reporting deaths and severe injuries comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1904.39.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Bateman Cable averages $8,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bateman Cable: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343166534 OPENED MAY 16, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2020

@ Or Near Highway 155 & Cr 327, Frankston, TX 75763 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 8, 2018 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted

At 2:30 p.m. on May 8, 2018, Employee #1 was clearing tree limbs near some overhead power lines, when he was electrocuted.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$3,880$3,000Aug 29, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.454(a)(1) · Scaffold training
 Serious$3,880$3,000Aug 29, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,772$2,000Aug 29, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 29, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

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 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.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

Other power and communication line and related structures construction employers in Texas

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