Utility Partners, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Mississippi.
OSHA opened it on Feb 28, 2019 on a referral, in Gulfport.
From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $23,679 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,503, down 47%.
For context, across all utility employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $0. Utility Partners, LLC averages $12,503 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Utility Partners, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 25, 2019: Employee's leg is lacerated in fall
At 3:15 p.m. on February 25, 2019, an employee was using a gas powered concrete saw to cut plastic banding that was wrapped around some pipes. Once the banding was cut, the pipes started falling towards the employee, causing him to step backwards into unstable muddy ground. The employee lost his balance and fell, sustaining a severe leg. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Gulfport site logged 12 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 132 workers: 9.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 144 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Gulfport, Ms.
Gulfport · 2020
132
12
5
9.1
3.0
City of Gulfport, Ms.
Gulfport · 2019
134
16
9
12.1
3.0
Harrison County Wastewater Authority-South Gulfport WWTF
Gulfport · 2017
7
0
0
0.0
3.0
Harrison County Wastewater Authority-North Gulfport WWTF
Gulfport · 2017
5
0
0
0.0
3.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Aug 21, 2019, Gulfport: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was cutting a driveway to pour concrete when a motorcycle came around the flaggers and signs and hit the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg.
Feb 25, 2019, Gulfport: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee was cutting a band from a bundle of 8-inch sewer pipe with a gas-powered chop saw. The saw's diamond blade struck the employee's lower left leg, cutting it and breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(l) Walkways shall be provided where employees or equipment are required or permitted to cross over excavations. Guardrails which comply with § 1926.502(b) shall be provided where walkways are 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
