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Power Factor, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Fort Riley, Kansas · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
4citation items
$39,836current penalties
Jul 27, 2018last inspection

Power Factor, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Kansas.

OSHA opened it on Jul 27, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Fort Riley.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $39,836 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

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. Power Factor, LLC averages $39,836 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Power Factor, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343333241 OPENED JUL 27, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Feb 25, 2020

4910-2 Watie St, Fort Riley, KS 66442 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 24, 2018 (fatal): Employee contacts power distribution circuit and is electroc

At 2:55 p.m. on July 24, 2018, an employee was installing rails that would have solar panels mounted on them. After assembling a rail, the employee lifted the railing vertically and came into contact with a 7200 volt power distribution circuit. The employee was electrocuted.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$9,959$9,959Jan 3, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$9,959$9,959Jan 3, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$9,959$9,959Jan 3, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$9,959$9,959Jan 3, 2019Final

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.

Jul 24, 2018, Fort Riley: Hospitalization · electrocutions, electric shocks · body systems

An employee was installing solar rails on a building roof. The employee was shocked by electricity flowing from the line to the ground, suffering injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

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.

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