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FM Technologies Group: OSHA inspections and violations

Guaynabo, Puerto Rico · Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) · NAICS 517110

1inspections
1citation items
$2,500current penalties
Apr 7, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected FM Technologies Group once in Puerto Rico.

The inspection began on Apr 7, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Guaynabo.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,000 and now stand at $2,500, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for media and telecom employers since 2015 is $1,800, and FM Technologies Group averages $2,500 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

FM Technologies Group: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343073904 OPENED APR 7, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Oct 18, 2018

Pr 833 Km 1.4 Los Frailes, Guaynabo, PR 00971 · Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 7, 2018 (fatal): Employee contacts power line and is electrocuted

At 10:30 a.m. on April 7, 2018, an employee was leveling a telecommunications antenna. As the employee was lifting a tube to affix it into position, his shoulder contacted a live electrical line, measuring 13,000 volts. As a result, the employee was electrocuted.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.268(b)(7) · Telecommunications
Serious$5,000$2,500Sep 27, 2018Final

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(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:

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

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