OSHA Inspection: OSMOSE UTILITIES SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $21508.00

General-duty citation text

1910.332(b)(2)  Additional requirements for unqualified persons. Employees who are covered by paragraph (a) of this section but who are not qualified persons shall also be trained in and familiar with any electrically related safety practices not specifically addressed by 1910.331 through 1910.335 but which are necessary for their safety.   On or about April 2, 2024, employees performing pole restoration work on utility poles did not know the voltages of exposed live parts.

Issued

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $21508.00

General-duty citation text

1910.335(b)(3)  Attendants. If signs and barricades do not provide sufficient warning and protection from electrical hazards, an attendant shall be stationed to warn and protect employees.  [55 FR 32016, Aug. 6, 1990]  On or about April 2, 2024, employees were working near a low hanging powerline where no signs or barricades were present and no attendant was stationed to alert employees of the hazard.

Issued

2024-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $21508.00

General-duty citation text

1910.333(c)(3)(i)(B)  When an unqualified person is working on the ground in the vicinity of overhead lines, the person may not bring any conductive object closer to unguarded, energized overhead lines than the distances given in paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A) of this section. Note: For voltages normally encountered with overhead power line, objects which do not have an insulating rating for the voltage involved are considered to be conductive.  On or about April 2, 2024, an employee carrying a 10-foot-long steel truss traveled within the minimum approach distance of an energized powerline.