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Grid Utility LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Arab, Alabama · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237130

1inspections
2citation items
$4,620current penalties
Sep 1, 2015last inspection

Grid Utility LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Alabama.

OSHA opened it on Sep 1, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Arab.

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

OSHA proposed $7,700 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,620, down 40%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.960, working on or near exposed energized parts (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Grid Utility LLC averages $4,620 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Grid Utility LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340893437 OPENED SEP 1, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2017

12th Avenue Ne And Cedar Creek Street, Arab, AL 35016 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 1, 2015 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted by power line while working on elev

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 1, 2015, an employee was working from an elevated bucket truck. The employee made contact with a 7,200 volts energized power line and was electrocuted and killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(i) · Working on or near exposed energized parts
 Serious$2,800$1,680Feb 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.960(c)(2)(i) · Working on or near exposed energized parts
 Serious$4,900$2,940Feb 25, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.960 · Working on or near exposed energized parts

29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(i)

(c) Live work—(1) Minimum approach distances. (i) The employer shall establish minimum approach distances no less than the distances computed by Table V-2 for ac systems or Table V-7 for dc systems.

29 CFR 1926.960(c)(2)(i)

(2) Type of insulation. (i) When an employee uses rubber insulating gloves as insulation from energized parts (under paragraph (c)(1)(iii)(A) of this section), the employer shall ensure that the employee also uses rubber insulating sleeves. However, an employee need not use rubber insulating sleeves if:

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