Watson Electrical Construction Co: OSHA inspections and violations
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors · NAICS 238210
7inspections
7citation items
$3,500current penalties
Mar 4, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Watson Electrical Construction Co 7 times in South Carolina since 1991.
The latest one began on Mar 4, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Darlington.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $3,500 and still stand at $3,500.
Job-site wiring comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.405.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Watson Electrical Construction Co averages $1,375 (2 cited inspections).
Watson Electrical Construction Co also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
South Carolina · latest 90 days of OSHA records
43employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Charleston site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 7 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
41 - Charleston Service
Charleston · 2021
7
0
0
0.0
1.8
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Ground-fault circuit interrupters. All 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere receptacle outlets on construction sites, which are not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees, shall have approved ground-fault circuit interrupters for personnel protection. Receptacles on a two-wire, single-phase portable or vehicle-mounted generator rated not more than 5kW, where the circuit conductors of the generator are insulated from the generator frame and all other grounded surfaces, need not be protected with ground-fault circuit interrupters.
29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6)
(6) Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous.
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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.