Utility workers often spend time underground, in the field, or otherwise out of the office — that’s part of the job description, after all. Unfortunately, that means that they’re not always available to accept deliveries, and for many operations, this leads to significant productivity losses.

An OSHA de minimus violation is a special class of violation that has “no direct or immediate relationship to safety or health,” per standard 1903.14. The term “de minimis" is a Latin phrase translatable as “about minimal things,” and is commonly used in legal parlance when an infraction is trivial and not worthy of legal consideration. These violations do not result in citations or penalties.