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Bridgepoint Communications Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Palestine, Texas · All Other Telecommunications · NAICS 517919

1inspections
4citation items
$18,000current penalties
Nov 8, 2023last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Bridgepoint Communications Inc. in Texas one time.

It opened on Nov 8, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Palestine.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $22,584; today they stand at $18,000, 20% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.268 (telecommunications), 2 times.

Among media and telecom employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,800 penalty. Bridgepoint Communications Inc. averages $18,000 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bridgepoint Communications Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347093841 OPENED NOV 8, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2024

469 Cr 4651, Palestine, TX 75803 · All Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 7, 2023 (fatal): Communications employee is electrocuted while in bucket

At 5:15 p.m. on November 7, 2023, an employee was in a bucket, while it was being driven out of a residential driveway. He was pushing a communications line out of the way so the truck he was on could pass underneath of it. The employee pushed the communications line out of the way, when he was shocked by the power line that ran above the communications line. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$11,292$7,000Apr 30, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.268(c)(3) · Telecommunications
 Serious$0$0Apr 30, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.268(b)(7) · Telecommunications
 Other-than-serious$11,292$11,000Apr 30, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 30, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.151(b)

(b) In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.

29 CFR 1910.268 · Telecommunications

29 CFR 1910.268(b)(7)

(7) Approach distances to exposed energized overhead power lines and parts. The employer shall ensure that no employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to any electrically energized overhead power lines and parts than prescribed in Table R-2, unless:

29 CFR 1910.268(c)(3)

(3) First aid training, including instruction in artificial respiration.

29 CFR 1910.332 · Training

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