POTELCO INC
156 AVE SE & SE 128 ST, RENTON, WA 98055
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Inspection records
May 25, 2010#314424920May 25, 2010Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#314424920$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314424920
Dates
- Opened
- May 25, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- May 25, 2010
- Closed
- May 25, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lind Ave Sw And Sw 41st St At Sw Corner, Renton, WA 98058
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Apr 28, 2010#314382136Apr 28, 2010Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#314382136$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314382136
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 28, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 28, 2010
- Closed
- Apr 28, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- S Renton Village Place And Talbot Hill, Renton, WA 98390
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jun 15, 2009#313224149Jun 15, 2009Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#313224149$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #313224149
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 15, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 15, 2009
- Closed
- Jun 15, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 88 Ave.s And S 134th St., Renton, WA 98055
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Mar 2, 2006#309874899Mar 2, 2006Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#309874899$1,3003 viol.3 violations$1,300 in penalties
Inspection #309874899
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 2, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 14, 2006
- Contested
- Sep 7, 2006
- Final Order
- Sep 7, 2007
- Closed
- May 28, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,720
- Penalties on Record
- $1,300
- Site Address
- 7th Ave S And Rainier Ave S, Renton, WA 98059
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 0450020509 | Other | 1 | 1 | $2,400 | $1,200 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Sep 7, 2007 |
| 01001B | 0450020510 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Sep 7, 2007 |
| 01002 | 0450021503 | Other | 1 | 1 | $320 | $100 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Sep 7, 2007 |
Mar 2, 2006#309776920Mar 2, 2006FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#309776920$3,0003 viol.3 violations$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #309776920
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 2, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 14, 2006
- Contested
- Sep 7, 2006
- Final Order
- Aug 29, 2007
- Closed
- May 28, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $14,800
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- 7th Ave S And Rainier Ave S, Renton, WA 98059
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
One employee is killed, one is injured from electric shock
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0450033503 OSHA citation code: 0450033503 E | Serious | 1 | 2 | $5,600 | $1,500 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Aug 29, 2007 |
| 01002 | 0450034505 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $5,600 | $1,500 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Aug 29, 2007 |
| 01003 | 0450022501 OSHA citation code: 0450022501 G | Other | 1 | 2 | $3,600 | $0 | Mar 2, 2006 | Sep 7, 2006 | Aug 29, 2007 |
Dec 8, 2005#309589091Dec 8, 2005Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#309589091$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309589091
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 8, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 2005
- Closed
- Dec 8, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Rainier Ave S & Sw Grady Way, Renton, WA 98059
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jun 27, 2005#309017952Jun 27, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#309017952$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309017952
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 27, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 27, 2005
- Closed
- Jun 27, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 184th Ave Se And Lk Young Rd, Renton, WA 98390
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Nov 17, 2004#308184118Nov 17, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#308184118$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308184118
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 17, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 17, 2004
- Closed
- Nov 17, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Se. Jones Rd & 154th Place Se., Renton, WA 98059
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Jun 8, 2004#307643064Jun 8, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#307643064$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #307643064
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 8, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 8, 2004
- Closed
- Jun 8, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Yes
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 4
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 901 Garden Ave. N, Renton, WA 98178
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Dec 22, 2003#307190454Dec 22, 2003Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#307190454$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #307190454
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 22, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 22, 2003
- Closed
- Dec 22, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Benson Hy S. & Grady Wy, Renton, WA 98055
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
11 inspections, 1990 to 2010. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors reported 1.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 5.7%; NAICS 23821 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source