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Higher Power LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Arnegard, North Dakota · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237130

1inspections
2citation items
$0current penalties
May 4, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Higher Power LLC once in North Dakota.

The inspection began on May 4, 2017 on a referral, in Arnegard.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

None of the citations carried a penalty.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Higher Power LLC averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

Higher Power LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342307238 OPENED MAY 4, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Oct 10, 2017

Vicinity Of Arnegard, Arnegard, ND 58835 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 27, 2017: Power line worker incurs electric shock, burns

At 11:00 a.m. on April 27, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a powerline contractor, was working at an overhead power transmission line. He was lifting a hoist when he incurred an electric shock and burns. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for electric shock and burns. The subsequent investigation indicated there may have been a current ground out.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.959(d)(3)(iii) · Mechanical equipment
 Serious$0$0Aug 29, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(iii) · Working on or near exposed energized parts
 Serious$0$0Aug 29, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.959 · Mechanical equipment

29 CFR 1926.959(d)(3)(iii)

(iii) Each employee shall be protected from hazards that could arise from mechanical equipment contact with energized lines or equipment. The measures used shall ensure that employees will not be exposed to hazardous differences in electric potential. Unless the employer can demonstrate that the methods in use protect each employee from the hazards that could arise if the mechanical equipment contacts the energized line or equipment, the measures used shall include all of the following techniques:

29 CFR 1926.960 · Working on or near exposed energized parts

29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall ensure that no employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless:

Other power and communication line and related structures construction employers in North Dakota

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