ABILENE, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: TAYLOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of TAYLOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC. in HWY 36, ABILENE, TX 79697 (NAICS 221122). OSHA activity number 345085658.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TAYLOR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.
- Site address
- HWY 36
- City
- ABILENE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79697
- Mailing
- 226 COUNTY ROAD 287, MERKEL, TX 79536
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- Yes
- 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
- 221122
- Employees
- 25
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.269 L03 III
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2021
- Abate by
- May 18, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $6,827 · Current $4,096 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(l)(3)(iii):The employer did not ensure that no employee approached or took any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless provisions described in (l) (3) (iii) (A) - (C) were followed: On or about December 28, 2021 employees attempting to put out a brush fire caused by a down power line were exposed to electrical shock hazards when the employees approached the minimum approach distance.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4096.2
- · Z (S) $6827
1910.269 M03 II
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2021
- Abate by
- May 18, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $6,827 · Current $4,096 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(m)(3)(ii):The employer did not ensure that all switches, disconnectors, jumpers, taps, and other means through which known sources of electric energy might be supplied to the particular lines and equipment were de-energized / inoperable (i.e. open) and then did not ensure that such means were tagged to indicate that employees were at work: On or about December 28, 2021 employees attempting to put out a brush fire caused by a down power line were exposed to electrical shock hazards when the employer did not ensure that all switches, disconnectors, jumpers, taps, and other means through which known sources of electric energy might be supplied to the particular lines and equipment were de-energized / inoperable .
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4096.2
- · Z (S) $6827
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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 345085658.
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