HOUSTON, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe health inspection of CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC in 14403 WESTBURY CT., HOUSTON, TX 77084 (NAICS 221122). OSHA activity number 341642015.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- CENTERPOINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC
- Site address
- 14403 WESTBURY CT.
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77084
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 1700, HOUSTON, TX 77251
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 221122
- Employees
- 2700
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2016
- Abate by
- Jun 11, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $9,353 Reduced
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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: An Employee working on o near exposed energized parts f electrical equipment was not adequately supervised during the performance of live work and was not equipped with the appropriate personal protective equipment prior to working on or near exposed energized parts of electrical equipment. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct the hazard include: (1) The tailboard and job briefing forms will be revised to require he identification of the hazards, safety precautions, and PPE specific to each work location; (2) Additional raining will be provided discussing when a change in conditions requires a new tailboard briefing to be performed; (3) Training will be revised to reinforce the requirement to install protective covers when working on underground transformers; (4) The supervision requirements will be revised to require that an apprentice, within his second period or less, may only work on a two-man distribution line crew if he is under the direct control of a journeyman. (5) Direct control means that the apprentice may not perform any work on electrical apparatuses unless within reaching distance of a journeyman and each are using the PPE called for by the work being performed.
Recent events (3)
- · R (S) $9353
- · C (S) $12471
- · Z (S) $12471
1910.269 L04 I
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2016
- Abate by
- Oct 20, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $12,471 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(l)(4)(i): The employer did not ensure that when an employee uses rubber insulating gloves as insulation from energized parts (under paragraph (l)(3)(iii)(A) of this section), the employee shall also use rubber insulating sleeves: On or about July 23, 2016, in the yard of a residential home where an apprentice was exposed to electrical hazards while connecting drop lines into an underground residential distribution (URD) transformer without using insulating sleeves or other means of insulation from the energized parts.
Recent events (3)
- · R (S) $0
- · C (S) $12471
- · Z (S) $12471
1910.269 L05 I
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2016
- Abate by
- Oct 20, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(l)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee, to the extent that other safety-related conditions at the worksite permit, works in a position from which a slip or shock will not bring the employee's body into contact with exposed, un-insulated parts energized at a potential different from the employee's. On or about July 23, 2016, in the yard of a residential home where an apprentice was exposed to electrical hazards while connecting drop lines into an underground residential distribution (URD) transformer without working in a position that prevented the employee from contacting un-insulated parts.
Recent events (3)
- · R (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $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 341642015.
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