OSHA Inspection: J.C. PENNEY CORPORATION, INC.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii):     The employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed:    (a) The employer did not certify that the periodic inspections have been performed.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1):     "Deenergized parts." Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations. Live parts that operate at less than 50 volts to ground need not be deenergized if there will be no increased exposure to electrical burns or to explosion due to electric arcs.    (a) Employees were cleaning electrical parts which were not deenergized due to a back feed. An employee received an electrical shock.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv)(B):     Before circuits or equipment was worked as deenergized, a qualified person did not use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees would be exposed and did not verify that    (a) None of the JCPenny employees used test equipment to test and verify that the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment in the area that they were working in were deenergized before working on the parts.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i):     Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed:    (a) Employees were not using personal protective equipment inside the substation where potential electrical hazards existed until deenergized condition was verified by testing of all potential circuits.

Issued

Aug 30, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2):     While an employee was exposed to contact with parts of fixed electric equipment or circuits which were deenergized, the circuits energizing the parts were not locked out or tagged or both in accordance with the requirements of this paragraph (b) of 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2):    (a) Employees exposed to deenergized parts of fixed electric equipment in substation 3B, did not lock out or tag the circuits energizing the parts.    IN THE ALTERNATIVE    29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D):     Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment:    (a) Employees did not put their own personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device on the circuits energizing substation 3B before conducting work on parts of the electric equipment.