MASTEC NORTH AMERICA INC.
800 SOUTH DOUGLAS ROAD, 12TH FLOOR
CORAL GABLES, FL. 33134
(305) 599-1800
6/5/2001 MasTec North America Inc.-Non Union
A power line worker was working from an insulated aerial lift, replacing a wood utility pole. He was wearing a hard hat, rubber insulating gloves and sleeves, and a flame-resistant shirt. He was installing a crossarm on the new pole and moving the conductors from the old pole to the new one. The phase conductors were wrapped in recently inspected rubber insulating blankets and line hose. As the tension was set in one of the phase conductors, the conductor cut through the insulating blanket and contacted a metal mounting bracket for the neutral conductor. This energized the upper part of the old pole. The metal frame glasses the employee was wearing contacted with the energized metal part of the pole. The employee received an electric shock, which caused him to jerk and pull the new crossarm to his chest. He was electrocuted. ONE VIOLATION COSTING $6,300
---One Death (0/1)---
7/15/2002 MasTec North America Inc.-Non Union
A power line construction crew was upgrading a 7200-volt, single-phase system to a three-phase system. The crew had crossed all three phases as they were pulling the conductors through the pulleys. An employee was correcting the crossed conductors by cutting and splicing the phase conductors. As he was working on a splice, the end of one of the conductors became birdcaged and would not go into the connector. The employee removed his rubber insulating gloves and adjusted his aerial lift. The jib arm on the aerial lift contacted an energized overhead power line below the bucket. The employee was electrocuted. THREE INITIAL VIOLATIONS FOR $21,000 AND BROUGHT DOWN TO ONE VIOLATION OF $7,000
---One Death (0/2)---
2 Deaths reported to OSHA since 2000.