OSHA has inspected Mastec Services, Inc. 3 times in Texas since 2018.
The latest one began on May 25, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Harker Heights.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 willful.
Penalties were first proposed at $202,407 and still stand at $202,407.
Working near live electrical parts comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.333.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Mastec Services, Inc. averages $202,407 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 346728413 OPENED MAY 25, 2023Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 700 employees at the site · Closed Nov 22, 2023
Fox Trotter Ct, Harker Heights, TX 76548 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 24, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when ejected from mini excavator
At 3:45 p.m. on May 24, 2023, an employee was parking a mini excavator. The employee dropped the back blade and lowered the front bucket to the ground, causing the front of the excavator to tip over. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the excavator. They were caught between the ground and the excavator, crushing their neck and chest. The employee was killed.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344365770 OPENED OCT 7, 2019Open
Referral · Partial · Safety · 22,000 employees at the site · Open
Texas And Monroe St., Fort Worth, TX 76108 · Electric Power Generation · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 3, 2019: Employee incurs electric shock after direct contact with ene
At 2:00 p.m. on October 3, 2019, an employee was working as a janitor or cleaner for a firm that provided engineering, building, installation, maintenance and upgrade of energy, utility and communications infrastructure. Its customers are primarily in the utility, communications, and government industries. The employee and two other workers were cleaning an electrical vault. There was a 13.2 kilovolt electrical reactor in the vault. As the employee was cleaning near the reactor, he received an electric shock. He was hospitalized, and his left hand was amputated. The vault cleaning crew had been together for some time. Prior to this incident, the vault cleaning crew had entered and cleaned more than 79 vaults. In this incident, the employee had not been issued and was not wearing electrical protective equipment, such as sleeves and gloves. A language barrier made it difficult for the employer and the employee to communicate what sort of understanding the employee had of a minimum approach distance. His primary language was Spanish. Employees were not briefed on hazards associated with working near 13.2 kilovolt reactors in electrical vaults. Employees conducting cleaning duties inside electrical vaults did not receive briefing on hazards associated with the job, work procedures involved, special precautions, and personal protective equipment.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
| Citation 1, item 5 |
Serious | $13,494 | $13,494 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
| Citation 2, item 1 |
Willful | $134,937 | $134,937 | Mar 30, 2020 | Contested |
Inspection 343331799 OPENED JUL 26, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 4,500 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2020
3136 South East River Rd,, Martindale, TX 78655 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 24, 2018: Employee installing overhead power line is shocked, burned
At 9:45 a.m. on July 24, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a power transmission services company, was installing new overhead electrical lines. He made contact with an energized, 7,200-volt line and was shocked and burned. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for electric shock and third-degree burns.
No citations from this inspection.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Oct 3, 2019, Fort Worth: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · hand(s), n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning an underground electrical vault. The employee was shocked, fell from the stepladder, and was injured. The employee's left hand was amputated due to the electric shock.
Jul 24, 2018, Martindale: Hospitalization · second degree electrical burns · hand(s), unspecified
An employee was rewiring a power line pole when the back of his right hand touched the 7,200-volt tap line. He suffered second-degree burns to his right hand and an exit wound on the left side of his torso.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
