PLAINVILLE, MA —
OSHA Inspection: M & L POWER SERVICE INCORPORATED
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of M & L POWER SERVICE INCORPORATED in 6 TAUNTON STREET, PLAINVILLE, MA 02762 (NAICS 238210). OSHA activity number 305548745.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- M & L POWER SERVICE INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 6 TAUNTON STREET
- City
- PLAINVILLE
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02762
- Mailing
- 133 BAKERS CREEK ROAD, WARWICK, RI 02886
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238210
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1731
- Employees
- 11
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 27, 2003
- Abate by
- Jun 6, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,332 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to severe contusion/fractures from fall hazards associated with the use of an aerial lift as a hoisting device to pull grounding rods from the ground. Location: 6 Taunton Street, Plainville, MA. An employee was fatally injured when he was thrown from an aerial lift bucket truck while attempting to pull grounding rods from the ground using the boom of the aerial lift. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method would be to dig the grounding rods out of the ground with a backhoe.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2332.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- May 27, 2003
- Abate by
- Jun 6, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,334 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2334.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
1926.453 B02 V
- Issued
- May 27, 2003
- Abate by
- Jun 6, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,334 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2334.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
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Source
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 305548745.
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