OSHA Inspection: MARON ELECTRIC COMPANY

Issued

Feb 21, 2003

Abate by

Feb 26, 2003

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to electrical hazards:
a) Socket wrenches, combination wrenches, and torque wrenches provided for
employee use
were not listed and insulated for the maximum working voltage of the
Uninterrupted Power
Supply (UPS) Battery System located in the battery room of the Support
Service Building at
2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods, Illinois.  The non-insulated wrenches
were provided to
employees for use during the bolt torquing portion of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE) certification of the UPS Battery System.
A feasible means of abatement would be to provide listed and insulated
non-sparking type tools
as required by the 2000 Edition of the National Fire Protection
Association
70E (NFPA 70E),
Part IV, Chapter 3, Paragraph 3-9, Subparagraph 3-9.1.
or in the alternative:
a) Socket wrenches, combination wrenches, and torque wrenches provided for
employee use
during the bolt torquing portion of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
certification of the Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) Battery System
located in the battery
room of the Support Service Building at 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods,
Illinois, were not
tested in accordance with the standard specification for insulated and
insulating hand tools and
did not meet the standard specifications for tested insulated and
insulating hand tools as
prescribed in ASTM F1505-01.
A feasible means of abatement would be to provide listed and insulated
non-sparking type tools
that meet the standard specifications for insulated and insulating hand
tools as prescribed in
ASTM F1505-01.
No abatement documentation required for this item.

Issued

Feb 21, 2003

Abate by

Feb 26, 2003

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to electrical hazards:
a) Employees were permitted to work in, on, and around the cell line work
zone located in the
battery room of the Support Service Building at 2500 Lake Cook Road,
Riverwoods, Illinois,
without having been provided with safety training such as, Qualified
Person and Safe Work
Practices training specifc to the hazards and work practices of cell line
work zones, as perscribed
in the 2000 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association 70E (NFPA
70E), Part IV,
Chapter 2.
A feasible means of abatement would be to provide safety training as
required by the 2000
Edition of the National Fire Protection Association 70E (NFPA 70E), Part
IV, Chapter 2,
Paragraph 2-3, Subparagraphs 2-3.1 and 2-3.2, Paragraph 2-4, Subparagraphs
2-4.1 and 2-4.2,
Paragraph 2-5, Subparagraphs 2-5.4.6, 2-5.4.6.1 and 2-5.4.6.2.
No abatement documentation required for this item.