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Wave Communications, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Cambridge, Massachusetts · All Other Telecommunications · NAICS 517919

1inspections
4citation items
$25,808current penalties
Nov 7, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Wave Communications, Inc. once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Nov 7, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Cambridge.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $25,808 and still stand at $25,808.

Construction safety training comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.21.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for media and telecom employers since 2015 is $1,800, and Wave Communications, Inc. averages $25,808 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Wave Communications, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347090045 OPENED NOV 7, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 2, 2025

250 Bent Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 · All Other Telecommunications · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 7, 2023 (fatal): Employee is fatally electrocuted during data center demoliti

At 8:15 a.m. on November 7, 2023, an employee was standing on a 6-foot stepladder, preparing a telecommunications relay assembly for demolition, by cutting a bundle of network cables leading into the relay. The employee was electrocuted while preparing the telecommunications relay for demolition. The employee's heart rhythm could not be reestablished after electrocution. A 207V/15A lighting circuit was not deenergized and contact with live and exposed parts of this circuit caused the fatal injury.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$6,452$6,452May 3, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$6,452$6,452May 3, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.333(a) · Working near live electrical parts
 Serious$6,452$6,452May 3, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(b) · Working near live electrical parts
 Serious$6,452$6,452May 3, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts

29 CFR 1910.333(a)

(a) General. Safety-related work practices shall be employed to prevent electric shock or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts, when work is performed near or on equipment or circuits which are or may be energized. The specific safety-related work practices shall be consistent with the nature and extent of the associated electrical hazards.

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(b)

(B) A qualified person shall use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees will be exposed and shall verify that the circuit elements and equipment parts are deenergized. The test shall also determine if any energized condition exists as a result of inadvertently induced voltage or unrelated voltage backfeed even though specific parts of the circuit have been deenergized and presumed to be safe. If the circuit to be tested is over 600 volts, nominal, the test equipment shall be checked for proper operation immediately before and immediately after this test.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

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