OSHA Inspection: JLNC,INC.

Issued

2017-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2662.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(1): The Employer failed to identify the work zone where crane/derrick operations would be conducted by either demarcating the boundaries or defining the work zone 360 degrees around the equipment.  On or about 10/12/2016 at the Moss Creek Estates lot 51, Alpharetta, GA: The employer failed to identify the work zone hazards for the employees engaged in framing work in the area where a crane was being operated near and under live overhead power lines rated at about 119.15KV.

Issued

2017-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1408(b)(1): The employer did not conduct a planning meeting with the operator and the other workers who will be in the area of the equipment or load to review the location of the  power line(s), and the steps that will be implemented to prevent encroachment/electrocution under Option (2) or Option (3) of this section must be met: On or about 10/12/2016 at the Moss Creek Estates lot 51, Alpharetta, GA: Employees engaged in framing work in the area where a crane was being operated near and under live overhead power lines rated at about 119.15KV were not provided a planning meeting or safety precaution to prevent encroachment by the employer to the overhead power lines.

Issued

2017-02-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12675.00 · Current $8873.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1408(a)(2): The employer did not determine if any part of the equipment, load line or load (including rigging and lifting accessories), or met the requirements in Option (1), Option (2), or Option (3) of this section, if operated up to the equipment's maximum working radius in the work zone, could get closer than 20 feet to a power line.  On or about 10/12/2016 at the Moss Creek Estates lot 51, Alpharetta, GA:  JLNC, Inc., the creating and correcting employer who was responsible for assembling, disassembling, and operating the crane failed to protect employees from electrical hazards associated with crane equipment operating within 20 feet of a 119.15 kV power line that was located within the maxim working radius of the crane by de-energizing and grounding  the lines, ensuring that no part of the cranes equipment operated within 20 feet of the power lines or determining and maintain the minimum approach distance of 15 feet specified for a nominal line voltage of 119 kV in Table A. One employee was fatally injured and another employee was seriously injured from the crane coming closer than 20 feet or without de-energizing the overhead power lines in the area.