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Centurylink, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Humble, Texas · Telecommunications Resellers · NAICS 517911

1inspections
1citation items
$13,653current penalties
Oct 21, 2021last inspection

Centurylink, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Oct 21, 2021 on a referral, in Humble.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $13,653 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all media and telecom employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,798. Centurylink, Inc. averages $13,653 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Centurylink, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345594717 OPENED OCT 21, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Feb 9, 2022

15116 Lee Rd. Unit 520, Humble, TX 77347 · Telecommunications Resellers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 19, 2021: Employee is injured in fall through roof

At 11:05 a.m. on October 19, 2021, an employee was installing a telecommunications wire on the roof a building when he stepped on a fiberglass roof lighting panel. The employee was hospitalized to treat unspecified injuries after he fell through the panel approximately 14 feet to the concrete floor below.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$13,653$13,653Dec 27, 2021Final

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.

Oct 19, 2021, Humble: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · head and trunk

An employee was walking on a rooftop, placing a telecommunications wire. The employee fell through a fiberglass roof lighting panel and landed about 20 feet below on a concrete floor. The employee suffered a head laceration requiring staples, a concussion, multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, multiple abrasions, and a broken bone in the hip/pelvic area.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i)

(i) Each employee is protected from falling through any hole (including skylights) that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level by one or more of the following:

Other telecommunications resellers employers in Texas

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