CHARLESTOWN, RI ·
OSHA Inspection: VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC. in 688 ALTON CAROLINA ROAD, CHARLESTOWN, RI 02813 (NAICS 517110). OSHA activity number 338978000.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- VERIZON NEW ENGLAND INC.
- Site address
- 688 ALTON CAROLINA ROAD
- City
- CHARLESTOWN
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 02813
- Mailing
- OLIVER TOWER 7TH FLOOR 125 HIGH ST., BOSTON, MA 02110
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 517110
- Employees
- 100
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.268 B07
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.268(b)(7): The employer did not ensure that no employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to any electrically energized overhead power lines and parts than prescribed in Table R-2: At the site on 688 Alton Carolina Road, Charlestown RI: The employer did not ensure approach distances to overhead powerlines conformed to safe working distances according to Table R-2 of this section. An employee was electrocuted upon coming in contact with an overhead energized power line.
Recent events (3)
- · C (S) $7000
- · F (S) $0
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.268 J03
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.268(j)(3): A vehicle-mounted bucket was operated closer to energized overhead powerlines than that set forth in Table R-2 of this section: At the site on 688 Alton Carolina Road, Charlestown RI: The employer did not ensure approach distances to overhead powerlines conformed to the safe working distances according to Table R-2 of this section. An employee was electrocuted when he maneuvered his bucket into the restricted approach distances in table R-2.
Recent events (3)
- · C (S) $0
- · F (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.268 C
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 28, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $4,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.268(c): The employer did not provide training in the various precautions and safe practices described in this section; did not ensure that employees did not engage in the activities to which this section applies until such employees have received proper training in the various precautions and safe practices required by this section; and did not provide training that consisted of on-the-job training or classroom-type training or a combination of both. Location - North Kingston Verizon Garage: Employees were unable to identify all equipment attached to the pole outside at this location. Abatement Documentation Required for this Item
Recent events (3)
- · C (S) $7000
- · F (O) $4000
- · Z (S) $7000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 338978000.
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