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Ron Haugen: OSHA inspections and violations

Wadesboro, North Carolina · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · NAICS 238990

1inspections
6citation items
$6,400current penalties
May 16, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ron Haugen once in North Carolina.

The inspection began on May 16, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Wadesboro.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,800 and now stand at $6,400, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.

Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.1408.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Ron Haugen averages $6,400 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ron Haugen: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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2 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 341483360 OPENED MAY 16, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Nov 16, 2016

Route 2, P.o. Box 32a, Wadesboro, NC 28170 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 16, 2016 (fatal): Worker taking down cellular tower is electrocuted when boom

At approximately 1:10 p.m. on May 16, 2016, an employee was working for a firm of specialty trade contractors. He and some coworkers were working at a site where an old cellular tower had been dismantled on Sunday, May 15, 2016, the day before. The tower had already been removed and hauled away for scrap at the time of the incident. The workers were pulling up 2.4-meter by 4.9-meter (8-foot by 16-foot) wooden mats, similar to pallets. The mats had been used as a makeshift road to let a Mantex 30100 boom truck to access a fenced-in area. The workers had initially dragged the mats into place using a pickup truck. The workers elected to use the boom truck to remove the mats. There was an overhead power line some 5.5 to 6.1 meters (18 to 20 feet) above them. It was energized at 13.2 kV. The truck's boom was raised and near the overhead power line. Extending from the boom was a cable with a hook. The employee was holding the hook. He moved it a few meters or feet laterally. It came into contact with a phase conductor. The employee was electrocuted. A coworker was standing a few meters or feet away ready to place a sling on the hook. He was not injured. not injured.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(2)(iii)(b) · Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations
 Serious$2,800$2,800Sep 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.1408(b)(3) · Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations
 Serious$0$0Sep 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.1408(b)(4)(ii) · Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations
 Serious$0$0Sep 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1408(d)(1) · Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations
 Serious$2,800$0Sep 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1412(f)(1) · Inspections
 Serious$2,100$1,800Sep 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1425(c)(2) · Keeping clear of the load
 Serious$2,100$1,800Sep 22, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1408 · Power line safety (up to 350 kV)—equipment operations

29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(2)(iii)(b)

(B) Determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), while operating up to the equipment's maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than the minimum approach distance of the power line permitted under Table A (see § 1926.1408). If so, then the employer must follow the requirements in paragraph (b) of this section to ensure that no part of the equipment, load line, or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), gets closer to the line than the minimum approach distance.

29 CFR 1926.1408(b)(3)

(3) Erect and maintain an elevated warning line, barricade, or line of signs, in view of the operator, equipped with flags or similar high-visibility markings, at 20 feet from the power line (if using Option (2) of this section) or at the minimum approach distance under Table A (see § 1926.1408) (if using Option (3) of this section). If the operator is unable to see the elevated warning line, a dedicated spotter must be used as described in § 1926.1408(b)(4)(ii) in addition to implementing one of the measures described in §§ 1926.1408(b)(4)(i), (iii), (iv) and (v).

29 CFR 1926.1408(b)(4)(ii)

(ii) A dedicated spotter who is in continuous contact with the operator. Where this measure is selected, the dedicated spotter must:

29 CFR 1926.1412 · Inspections

29 CFR 1926.1425 · Keeping clear of the load

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