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Lumen Technologies: OSHA inspections and violations

Omaha, Nebraska · Wired Telecommunications Carriers · NAICS 517311

2inspections
2citation items
$16,000current penalties
Aug 22, 2024last inspection

Lumen Technologies has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Nebraska, the first in 2023.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 22, 2024 on a referral, in Omaha.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $20,091 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,000, down 20%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.268, telecommunications (2 items).

For context, across all media and telecom employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,798. Lumen Technologies averages $16,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Lumen Technologies also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Lumen Technologies: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347706368 OPENED AUG 22, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 49 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 2024

64th & Grant Street, Omaha, NE 68104 · Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346831860 OPENED JUL 14, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 43 employees at the site · Closed Oct 24, 2023

Forest Lawn Ave Between N31st Street And N 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68112 · Wired Telecommunications Carriers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.268(o)(1)(i) · Telecommunications
Other-than-serious$11,162$9,500Sep 11, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.268(c) · Telecommunications
Serious$8,929$6,500Sep 11, 2023Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Omaha site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 250 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.5 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Lumen Technologies, Inc. - NEQ003
Omaha · 2021
250 000.00.5

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Aug 16, 2024, Omaha: Hospitalization · fractures · foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c.

An employee fell while descending a ladder, landing on the ground and suffering a broken heel and lower leg.

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(c)

(c) Training. Employers shall provide training in the various precautions and safe practices described in this section and shall insure that employees do not engage in the activities to which this section applies until such employees have received proper training in the various precautions and safe practices required by this section. However, where the employer can demonstrate that an employee is already trained in the precautions and safe practices required by this section prior to his employment, training need not be provided to that employee in accordance with this section. Where training is required, it shall consist of on-the-job training or classroom-type training or a combination of both. The employer shall certify that employees have been trained by preparing a certification record which includes the identity of the person trained, the signature of the employer or the person who

29 CFR 1910.268(o)(1)(i)

(1) Guarding manholes and street openings. (i) When covers of manholes or vaults are removed, the opening shall be promptly guarded by a railing, temporary cover, or other suitable temporary barrier which is appropriate to prevent an accidental fall through the opening and to protect employees working in the manhole from foreign objects entering the manhole.

Other wired telecommunications carriers employers in Nebraska

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.