OSHA Inspection: LIEBERTS GLOBAL SERVICES

Issued

Feb 21, 2003

Abate by

Feb 26, 2003

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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) Lieberts Global Services provided torque wrenches that 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 torque wrenches were provided to employees of the Maron
Electric Company
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) Lieberts Global Services provided torque wrenches that 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.
The torque wrenches were provided to employees of the Maron Electric
Company for 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 Services Building at 2500 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods,
Illinois.
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.