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Ocm Engineering LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237130

1inspections
4citation items
$8,750current penalties
Nov 6, 2020last inspection

Ocm Engineering LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Kentucky.

OSHA opened it on Nov 6, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Pleasure Ridge Park.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $10,150 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,750, down 14%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.416, electrical safety in construction (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Ocm Engineering LLC averages $8,750 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ocm Engineering LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345016059 OPENED NOV 6, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2021

5006 Greenwood Rd Hwy 1931, Pleasure Ridge Park, KY 40258 · Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 4, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed while handling downed power line

On November 4, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a power and communication line construction company, was part of a survey team measuring telephone poles and electrical lines for future engineering plans. The employee found a downed powerline and picked it up, but it was entangled in a tree. As the employee tried to disentangle the line from the tree, the line became energized. The employee sustained an electric shock and caught fire. Employee #1 was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.50(c) · Medical services and first aid
 Other-than-serious$1,400$0May 3, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$3,500$3,500May 3, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$3,500$3,500May 3, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$1,750$1,750May 3, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(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.

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3)

(3) Before work is begun the employer shall ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, is so located that the performance of the work may bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer shall post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer shall advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken.

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

Other power and communication line and related structures construction employers in Kentucky

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