SEALE, AL ·
OSHA Inspection: KING STRONG TOWER ENTERPRISES, LLC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of KING STRONG TOWER ENTERPRISES, LLC in 4739 OLD SEALE HIGHWAY, SEALE, AL 36875 (NAICS 237130). OSHA activity number 344777354.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- KING STRONG TOWER ENTERPRISES, LLC
- Site address
- 4739 OLD SEALE HIGHWAY
- City
- SEALE
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 36875
- Mailing
- 901 N FISK AVENUE #178, BROWNWOOD, TX 76801
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- 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
- 237130
- Employees
- 11
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 5, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
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, in that employees were not protected from fall hazards. a) Seale, AL; On or about June 1, 2020 the employer failed to ensure the rigging equipment was adequately protected from abrasion, cutting, or other damage during load handling activities and that the load was handled in such a way as to ensure the stability of the load exposing the employees that were involved in the decommissioning of a cell phone tower to fall hazards.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $5398
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 5, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
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 a) Seale, AL; On or about June 1, 2020, the employer allowed an employee to operate a capstan hoist during the decommissioning of equipment on a 349' guyed cell phone tower without ensuring that the employee was qualified as a competent rigger or without having someone qualified as a competent rigger to supervise his actions exposing employees to crush by hazards. b) Seale, AL; On or about June 1, 2020, the employer allowed two employees to work on a 349' guyed cell phone tower during the decommissioning of equipment without ensuring that the employees were supervised by a competent climber exposing the employees to fall hazards. c) Seale, AL On or about June 1, 2020, the employer created and implemented a Class II rigging plan that was inadequate in that it did not provide for the safety of personnel and for the stability of the structure and lifted components in that possible complications were not addressed or how, who, or with what equipment they are addressed.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $5398
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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 344777354.
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