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Sorlien Electric, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210

3inspections
3citation items
$14,020current penalties
Dec 30, 2016last inspection

Since 1993, OSHA inspectors have visited Sorlien Electric, Inc. in South Dakota 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 30, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Hurley.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 repeat and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $15,025; today they stand at $14,020, 7% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.20 (construction safety programs), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Sorlien Electric, Inc. averages $7,010 across 2 cited inspections.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Sorlien Electric, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1993 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342001609 OPENED DEC 30, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 60 employees at the site · Closed Jul 28, 2017

45959 280th St., Hurley, SD 57036 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 29, 2016 (fatal): Employee falls from truss and is killed

At 3:30 p.m. on December 29, 2016, an employee was running metal clad (MC) wiring the length of the pole barn. During this process, the employee exited the scissor-lift vertically, reaching the truss work of the pole barn, and then proceeded outside the footprint of the scissor lift, walking along 2x4s horizontally until he was a total of 16 feet away from the scissor lift's footprint. When the employee was walking out along the 2x4s, one of them snapped and gave way. The employee fell approximately 21 feet to the dirt floor and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Repeat$7,605$6,600May 19, 2017Final

Inspection 341709335 OPENED AUG 16, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Oct 4, 2016

236 S. Main Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · 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 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Other-than-serious$3,180$3,180Sep 8, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
 Other-than-serious$4,240$4,240Sep 8, 2016Final

Inspection 110500485 OPENED NOV 18, 1993Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Dec 3, 1993

1800 East Tenth Street - Sd School For The Deaf, Sioux Falls, SD 57101 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)

(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Other electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors employers in South Dakota

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