Inspection 342485109 OPENED JUL 20, 2017Closed
8061 Pecue Ln., Baton Rouge, LA 70809 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Cableworks Inc 2 times in Louisiana since 2015.
The latest one began on Jul 20, 2017 to follow up on an earlier case, in Baton Rouge.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,400 and now stand at $2,940, 65% lower after settlements or reviews.
Telecommunications comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.268.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Cableworks Inc averages $2,940 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Cableworks Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 340650936 OPENED MAY 22, 2015Closed
(near)17032 Old Jefferson Highway, Prairieville, LA 70769 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 21, 2015 (fatal): Employee makes contact with power line, is electrocuted, and
At 11:50 a.m. on May 21, 2015, an employee was working on a roadway as part of a three person crew replacing telecommunications line. The work involved using an elevated boom truck to string new cable onto dual use utility poles that run parallel with the highway. The employee used a weighted rope to pull the cable line through a wooded tree line. The employee elevated the boom and made contact with a power line that crossed over the street. He was fatally electrocuted by a 20,000 volt power line.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.268(f)(2) · Telecommunications |
Other-than-serious | $3,500 | $0 | Nov 3, 2015 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.268(n)(1)(i) · Telecommunications |
Serious | $4,900 | $2,940 | Nov 3, 2015 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Baton Rouge site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 73 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cableworks, Incorporated Baton Rouge · 2017 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.268 · Telecommunications
29 CFR 1910.268(f)(2)
(2) The employer is responsible for the periodic retesting of all insulating gloves, blankets, and other rubber insulating equipment. This retesting shall be electrical, visual and mechanical. The following maximum retesting intervals shall apply:
29 CFR 1910.268(n)(1)(i)
(n) Overhead lines—(1) Handling suspension strand. (i) The employer shall insure that when handling cable suspension strand which is being installed on poles carrying exposed energized power conductors, employees shall wear insulating gloves and shall avoid body contact with the strand until after it has been tensioned, dead-ended and permanently grounded.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.