OSHA Inspection: BRILEY AND BRILEY FARMS INC.

Issued

Oct 11, 2005

Abate by

Oct 17, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

NCGS 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North
Carolina:  The employer did not furnish each of his employees
conditions of employment and a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to employee in that workers were exposed to
live electrical parts:
a)Migrant farm worker employees were exposed to live
electrical parts as a washing machine installed on the
exterior of the temporary labor camp site was powered through
the use of temporary wiring (an interior extension cord laying
in a pool of water).
Among other methods one feasible method of abatement is
to install all washing machines on interior of the temporary
labor camp site without the use of extension cords (GFCI
preferred).