EAST BERNE, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. in 319 LONG ROAD, EAST BERNE, NY 12059 (NAICS 517919). OSHA activity number 347423980.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.
- Site address
- 319 LONG ROAD
- City
- EAST BERNE
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 12059
- Mailing
- 130 WASHINGTON AVE EXT, ALBANY, NY 12203
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 517919
- Employees
- 300
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.268 B07
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 29, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $16,131 · Current $16,131
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.268(b)(7): The employer did not ensure that no employee approached or took any conductive object closer to any electrically energized overhead power lines and parts than prescribed in Table R-2 or in (i) - (iii) of this section: (a) Worksite, just north of 319 Long Road, East Berne, NY: On or about April 19, 2024, an employee was performing node maintenance on a telecommunication line from a Altec AT235 non-insulated articulating aerial truck when he came into contact with an overhead 4.8 kV powerline. The employer did not ensure that the employee maintained a minimum approach distance of 24 inches from the energized power lines (per 1910.268 table R-2), resulting in electrocution hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · C (S) $16131
- · Z (S) $16131
1910.268 C
- Issued
- Oct 17, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 29, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $16,131 · Current $16,131
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 and did not ensure that employees did not engage in the activities to which this section applies until such employees were trained in the various precautions and safe practices required by this section: (a) Worksite, just north of 319 Long Road, East Berne, NY: On or about April 19, 2024, an employee was performing node maintenance on a telecommunication line from a Altec AT235 non-insulated articulating aerial truck when he came into contact with an overhead 4.8 kV power line. The employer did not ensure the employee was trained to identify powerlines and that no employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to any electrically energized overhead power lines and or parts in the employee's work area.
Recent events (2)
- · C (S) $16131
- · Z (S) $16131
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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 347423980.
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