LA PORTE, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY in 319 OAKHURST STREET, LA PORTE, TX 77571 (NAICS 517210). OSHA activity number 339847725.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
- Site address
- 319 OAKHURST STREET
- City
- LA PORTE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77571
- Mailing
- 3333 CHAPMAN, HOUSTON, TX 77009
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 517210
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.651 C02
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees: (a) At the worksite, a trench ranging in depth from 4 to 5 feet was not equipped with a safe means of egress.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.651 K01
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2014
- Abate by
- Sep 25, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems: (a) At the work site, a competent person did not make daily inspections of the excavation, adjacent areas and protective systems.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.652 C03 III
- Issued
- Sep 10, 2014
- Abate by
- Sep 16, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(c)(3)(iii): A copy of the tabulated data used to construct the protective system used at the jobsite, identifying the Professional Engineer who approved the data, was not made available upon request: (a) At the work site, the employer did not provide a copy of the tabulated data used to construct a timber shoring system being used to protect employees from the potential hazard of cave-in or collapse.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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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 339847725.
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