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Master Companies: OSHA inspections and violations

Fargo, North Dakota · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
2citation items
$5,821current penalties
Dec 19, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Master Companies once in North Dakota.

The inspection began on Dec 19, 2017 on a referral, in Fargo.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,641 and now stand at $5,821, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Master Companies averages $5,821 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Master Companies: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342847217 OPENED DEC 19, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 105 employees at the site · Closed May 30, 2018

1616 43rd Street North, Fargo, ND 58102 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 17, 2017: Employee is burned in electric arc flash

At 4:30 p.m. on December 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer project. He was conducting injection testing of breakers when he reached into a breaker panel that apparently had not been deenergized. An electric arc flash occurred, and Employee #1 sustained burns to his upper body. Emergency service were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for electrical burns. electrical burns.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$11,641$5,821Apr 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(b) · Working near live electrical parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 19, 2018Final

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.

Dec 17, 2017, Fargo: Hospitalization · electrical burns, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was testing breakers on an electrical panel when an arc flash occurred. He sustained burns to his arms, hands, and neck.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i)

(3) Group lockout or tagout. (i) When servicing and/or maintenance is performed by a crew, craft, department or other group, they shall utilize a procedure which affords the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device.

29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(b)

(B) A qualified person shall use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees will be exposed and shall verify that the circuit elements and equipment parts are deenergized. The test shall also determine if any energized condition exists as a result of inadvertently induced voltage or unrelated voltage backfeed even though specific parts of the circuit have been deenergized and presumed to be safe. If the circuit to be tested is over 600 volts, nominal, the test equipment shall be checked for proper operation immediately before and immediately after this test.

Other electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors employers in North Dakota

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