Federal OSHA has has cited O.S. Interior Systems Inc. for alleged workplace safety violations following a fatality at the company’s worksite at 20555 State Highway 249 in Houston. Proposed penalties total $112,000.

“This employer failed to advise its employees on the locations of electrical lines,” said Dean McDaniel, OSHA’s regional administrator in Dallas. “If the company had followed OSHA’s standards, it is possible this tragic accident could have been avoided.”

OSHA’s Houston North Area Office began its inspection on Aug. 14 when an employee who was removing a demountable wall made contact with a live wire and died. The company was cited for two alleged willful violations for failing to adequately protect employees from energized electrical circuits and failing to inform employees about the hazards involved with energized electrical circuits.

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