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Gubmk Constructors: OSHA inspections and violations

West Paducah, Kentucky · Facilities Support Services · NAICS 561210

1inspections
1citation items
$12,934current penalties
Dec 12, 2017last inspection

Gubmk Constructors has one OSHA inspection on record in Kentucky.

OSHA opened it on Dec 12, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in West Paducah.

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

OSHA proposed $12,934 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Gubmk Constructors averages $12,934 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Gubmk Constructors also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Gubmk Constructors: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342836228 OPENED DEC 12, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 1,236 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2024

Shawnee Fossil Plant 7900 Metropolis Lake Road, West Paducah, KY 42086 · Facilities Support Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 10, 2017 (fatal): Employee is pinned between coal car doors and is killed

At 2:45 p.m. on December 10, 2017, an employee was cleaning up a coal spill beneath a coal rail car with a vacuum hose. The employee was between two hopper doors when a pneumatic valve was activated to close the doors and he was caught between the doors when they closed. The employee was hospitalized and died later as a result of internal injuries from being pinned between the two doors. two doors.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.269(d)(2)(iv)(b) · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution
Serious$12,934$12,934May 21, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the West Paducah site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 332 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
GUBMK Constructors - TVA Shawnee Fossil Plant
West Paducah · 2023
332 200.60.0
GUBMK Constructors - TVA Shawnee SCR/BATW Project
West Paducah · 2022
37 000.00.0
GUBMK Constructors- TVA- Shawnee Fossil Plant
West Paducah · 2019
140 000.00.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.269 · Electric power generation, transmission, and distribution

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(2)(iv)(b)

(B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy;

Other facilities support services employers in Kentucky

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