Regulation and Administration of Communications Electric Gas and Other Utilities

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Regulation and Administration of Communications Electric Gas and Other Utilities industry saw employment growth of only 1.67%. There are an average of 28 workers at each of the 377 establishments in the United States. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (0% more) the average for the Industry.

OSHA investigators arrived in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, October 24th 2017 and began an accident investigation at San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. A 58 year old man working as a Electrician was injured on the job when the employee fell from a lift in an auto body shop and fracture
OSHA ID102717.015
Accident Date2017-10-17
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on October 17, 2017, an employee entered an auto shop to retrieve a cart and ladder from the back of a truck. The truck was on a lift that was raised approximately 3 feet. The employee climbed on to the lift using a stepladder. The employee stepped on the bumper of the truck to retrieve the cart. The employee fell approximately 5 feet. The employee's left ankle was fractured.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, July 6th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Los Banos, CA which had occured previously at City Of Los Banos. A 60 year old man working as a Laborer was injured on the job when the employee was paving a road surface and suffered heat exhaustio
OSHA ID100556.015
Accident Date2017-06-20
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on June 20, 2017, an employee was working as part of a road paving crew. The employee succumbed to heat stroke and was hospitalized.
On Tuesday, June 27th 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in San Francisco, CA at San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. A 40 year old man working as a was injured on the job when the employee was splashed in eye with hypochlorite
OSHA ID100791.015
Accident Date2017-06-15
Accident DegreeNon Hospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 8:45 a.m. on June 15, 2017, an employee was inside a water station with 3 other employees. They were all being trained on conducting a start up walk through of the site. They heard a noise coming from one of the 2 tanks that contained sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide. A hose came loose splashing sodium hypochlorite into the employee's eye.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
7.83
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 183
216.7%
Inspection Rate: 2.12
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 15

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