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Mitchell Utilities, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Newport News, Virginia · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

4inspections
16citation items
$3,240current penalties
May 7, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Mitchell Utilities, LLC 4 times in Virginia since 2014.

The latest one began on May 7, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Newport News.

Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 10 serious, 1 repeat and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,035 and now stand at $3,240, 60% lower after settlements or reviews.

Rigging equipment for material handling comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.251.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Mitchell Utilities, LLC averages $908 (3 cited inspections).

Mitchell Utilities, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345313472 OPENED MAY 7, 2021Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Oct 5, 2021

500 Bland Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23602 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 40.1-51.1.D.I
Other-than-serious$5,000$1,000Sep 3, 2021Final

Inspection 342724770 OPENED OCT 23, 2017Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Feb 22, 2018

Warwick Blvd Bland Blvd, Newport News, VA 23602 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
Serious$1,150$862Dec 19, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,150$862Dec 19, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Dec 19, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16) · Ladders in construction
Repeat$0$0Dec 19, 2017Final

Inspection 341120319 OPENED DEC 10, 2015Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Feb 26, 2016

Saunders Road Big Bethel Road, Hampton, VA 23669 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 2, 2016Final

Inspection 339906612 OPENED AUG 11, 2014Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2014

213 To 217 Hunterdale Road, Franklin, VA 23851 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 16VAC25-140-60.A
Serious$315$220Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 16VAC25-140-70.A
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$315$220Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.251(a)(1) · Rigging equipment for material handling
Serious$105$74Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.251(b)(1) · Rigging equipment for material handling
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.251(b)(6)(i) · Rigging equipment for material handling
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.50(d)(1) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.652(c)(2)(iii) · Trench protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16) · Ladders in construction
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 16, 2014Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.251 · Rigging equipment for material handling

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

Other water and sewer line and related structures construction employers in Virginia

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