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Emery Telcom: OSHA inspections and violations

Blanding, Utah · Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) · NAICS 517110

1inspections
2citation items
$750current penalties
Jan 23, 2019last inspection

Emery Telcom has one OSHA inspection on record in Utah.

OSHA opened it on Jan 23, 2019 after an accident, in Blanding.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $1,500 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $750, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.23, ladders in general industry (2 items).

For context, across all media and telecom employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,800. Emery Telcom averages $750 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Emery Telcom: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343727160 OPENED JAN 23, 2019Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 92 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 2019

450 South Main, Blanding, UT 84511 · Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 16, 2019: Employee sustains head injury in fall from ladder

At 2:00 p.m. on January 16, 2019, Employee #1 was installing a new service cable and removing the existing cable, while standing on a ladder. The ladder was attached to the cable. When the employee cut the existing cable, which was under tension, the main cable sprung away from the employee, and the ladder was also pulled away. Employee #1 fell off of the ladder and landed on the ground. He was not wearing proper head protection as required by the employer's policy. Employee #1 sustained a head injury as a result of the fall, and was hospitalized for several days.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(10) · Ladders in general industry
 Serious$1,500$750Feb 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(7)(ii) · Ladders in general industry
 Serious$0$0Feb 26, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(10)

(10) Any ladder with structural or other defects is immediately tagged “Dangerous: Do Not Use” or with similar language in accordance with § 1910.145 and removed from service until repaired in accordance with § 1910.22(d), or replaced;

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(7)(ii)

(ii) Are guarded by a temporary barricade, such as a row of traffic cones or caution tape, to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder;

Other wired and wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) employers in Utah

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