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Darwin Chambers, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Orange, Texas · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
3citation items
$26,563current penalties
Aug 18, 2022last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Darwin Chambers, LLC in Texas one time.

It opened on Aug 18, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Orange.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The penalties, $26,563 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Darwin Chambers, LLC averages $26,563 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Darwin Chambers, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346157506 OPENED AUG 18, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 64 employees at the site · Closed Jun 29, 2023

12777 North Highway 87, Orange, TX 77632 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 18, 2022 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted while wiring cooler

At 10:30 a.m. on August 18, 2022, an employee was installing wiring to the top section of a Darwin cooler system. The employee was troubleshooting the wiring on top of the cooler system when he made contact with a live wire and was electrocuted.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$10,938$10,938Feb 1, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.417(c) · Lockout and tagging of circuits
 Serious$10,938$10,938Feb 1, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$4,687$4,687Feb 1, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13)

(13) The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.

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 1926.417 · Lockout and tagging of circuits

29 CFR 1926.417(c)

(c) Tags. Tags shall be placed to identify plainly the equipment or circuits being worked on.

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