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RZB, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brownsville, Texas · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

1inspections
4citation items
$18,900current penalties
Nov 16, 2016last inspection

RZB, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Nov 16, 2016 on a referral, in Brownsville.

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

OSHA proposed $34,224 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $18,900, down 45%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. RZB, Inc. averages $18,900 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

RZB, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341920270 OPENED NOV 16, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Mar 7, 2018

9155 Rl Ostos Rd, Brownsville, TX 78520 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.28(a) · Personal protective equipment
 Serious$11,408$6,300Mar 29, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.301(a) · Hand tools
 Serious$11,408$6,300Mar 29, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$11,408$6,300Mar 29, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.417(b) · Lockout and tagging of circuits
 Serious$0$0Mar 29, 2017Final

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.

Nov 14, 2016, Brownsville: Hospitalization · electrical burns, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee received an electric shock and burns to the right hand and lower part of the arm and face while tightening a screw inside a cubicle.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.28 · Personal protective equipment

29 CFR 1926.28(a)

(a) The employer is responsible for requiring the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment in all operations where there is an exposure to hazardous conditions or where this part indicates the need for using such equipment to reduce the hazards to the employees.

29 CFR 1926.301 · Hand tools

29 CFR 1926.301(a)

(a) Employers shall not issue or permit the use of unsafe hand tools.

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 1926.417 · Lockout and tagging of circuits

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