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Bear Electric Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Denver, Colorado · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

2inspections
3citation items
$11,651current penalties
Feb 9, 2022last inspection

Since 2017, OSHA inspectors have visited Bear Electric Inc. in Colorado 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 9, 2022 on a referral, in Centennial.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $13,383; today they stand at $11,651, 13% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.416 (electrical safety in construction), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Bear Electric Inc. averages $5,826 across 2 cited inspections.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Bear Electric Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345777924 OPENED FEB 9, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 27, 2023

7173 S Revere Pkwy #300, Centennial, CO 80112 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Other-than-serious$10,151$9,151Mar 24, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 2022Final

Inspection 342124880 OPENED FEB 23, 2017Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Apr 12, 2017

2301 Blake Street, Denver, CO 80205 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Other-than-serious$3,232$2,500Mar 22, 2017Final

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.

Feb 8, 2022, Centennial: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree electrical burns · head and trunk

An employee was working on an energized meter stack. His wrench contacted the A-phase, causing a small arc flash. The employee sustained second and third degree burns to his face and upper torso.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

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 1926.416(a)(3)

(3) Before work is begun the employer shall ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, is so located that the performance of the work may bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer shall post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer shall advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken.

Other electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors employers in Colorado

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