Ion Electric, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Miami Beach, Florida · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210
6inspections
5citation items
$10,426current penalties
Aug 19, 2019last inspection
OSHA has inspected Ion Electric, LLC 6 times in Florida since 2008.
The latest one began on Aug 19, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Tampa.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 1 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,426 and still stand at $10,426.
Electrical safety in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.416.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Ion Electric, LLC averages $2,309 (3 cited inspections).
Ion Electric, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Florida · latest 90 days of OSHA records
338employers cited
3 of them in the same industry
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Planned · Complete · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Dec 6, 2019
Jw Marriott Tampa Five Star Hotel At Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342175593 OPENED MAR 16, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Jul 6, 2017
Kendall Equipment Laydown Area Turnpike, North Bound, Kendall, FL 33156 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 7, 2017: Employee's right foot is crushed by a trailer tongue as a re
At approximately 4:15 p.m. on March 7, 2015, an employee was returning a loaded trailer to the yard at the end of the day. As the trailer was being supported by a jack, it gave up. The trailer landed on the right foot and leg of the employee. The loaded trailer was cribbed or blocked and the employee suffered multiple fractures on right foot and leg.
Incident on Mar 1, 2017: Employee injured in electric shock
At about 2:45 p.m. on March 1, 2017, an employee was loosening a nut on a 277-volt junction box. The employee received an electrical shock which resulted in a blister for which the employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Pompano Beach site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 289 workers: 1.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 16 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
ION Electric, LLC
Pompano Beach · 2019
289
4
1
1.3
1.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Mar 1, 2017, Opa Locka: Hospitalization · electrocutions, electric shocks · body systems
An employee received an electrical shock when he made contact with a 277V circuit. At the time of the incident, the employee was relocating a 2' x 4' ceiling grid light fixture using an 8-foot A-frame ladder.
May 27, 2015, Pompano Beach: Hospitalization · fractures · wrist(s)
An employee suffered a broken wrist as he attempted to close a container door while sitting on a forklift. The employee's wrist was caught between the door of the container and the cage of the forklift.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Content of training—(1) Practices addressed in this standard. Employees shall be trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by §§ 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertain to their respective job assignments.
29 CFR 1926.305 · Jacks—lever and ratchet, screw, and hydraulic
29 CFR 1926.305(d)(1)(i)
(d)(1) Operation and maintenance. (i) After the load has been raised, it shall be cribbed, blocked, or otherwise secured at once.
(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.
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