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OSHA Inspection: JOE BATEY SIGNS, INC.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of JOE BATEY SIGNS, INC. in 7TH & UNIVERSITY, DES MOINES, IA 50306 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 300372406.

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Site address
7TH & UNIVERSITY
City
DES MOINES
State
IA
ZIP
50306
Mailing
1740 EAST UNIVERSITY, DES MOINES, IA 50316
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
3993
Employees
14
Ownership type
A

10 citations on file for this inspection.

880004

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $600.00 · Current $600.00
Section 88.4 - Code of Iowa (1997)
88.4:  The employer did not furnish to each of the employer's employees
employment, and a
place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
causing or likely to
cause death, or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to:
(a)At the Job Site at 7th & University, Des Moines, Iowa - Sign lighting
circuit was
not deenergized to achieve a Zero Energy State.  No lockout/tagout
procedure
was used as required by NFPA 70E.  This condition resulted in an employee
receiving a serious electric shock.
This violation occurred on or about 2/19/99 and was noted on 2/23/99.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this hazard is to implement an effective lockout/tagout program as
required and
outlined in NFPA 70E, Part II.

880004

Serious 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1926.21 B02

Serious 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1926.416 A01

Serious 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1926.1053 B16

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $200.00 · Current $200.00

40002 1

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 14 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $100.00 · Current $100.00

40005 1

Other-than-serious 1 instance 14 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1200003 1 A

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 14 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $100.00 · Current $100.00

1200004 1

Other-than-serious 1 instance 14 exposed
Issued
Abate by

1200005 1

Other-than-serious 1 instance 7 exposed
Issued
Abate by

KGC, INC.

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 300372406.