OSHA Inspection: PECO ENERGY COMPANY

Issued

Dec 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(1)(iii): Electric lines and equipment were not considered and treated as energized or had otherwise been deenergized in accordance with paragraph (d) or (m) of this section:  a) Jobsite: PECO Pole# 2802 - The employer did not ensure an employee repairing an energized, downed 13.2 kv primary line treated the primary line as energized prior to working on it.  Noted on or about 6/21/17.

Issued

Dec 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(3)(iii): The employer did not ensure that no employee approached or took any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless provisions described in (l) (3) (iii) (A) - (C) were followed:   a) Jobsite: PECO Pole# 2802 - The employer did not ensure an employee repairing an energized, downed 13.2 kv primary line did not approach closer than their established minimum approach distance unless the requirements of 1910.269(l)(3)(iii)(A)-(C) were met.  Noted on or about 6/21/17

Issued

Dec 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(5)(ii):  Employees who perform work near exposed parts energized at more than 600 volts, but not more than 72.5 kilovolts, and who are not wearing rubber insulating gloves, being protected by insulating equipment covering the energized parts, performing work using live-line tools, or performing live-line barehand work under paragraph (q)(3) of this section, did not work from a position where he or she could not reach into the minimum approach distance, established by the employer under paragraph (l)(3)(i) of this section:  a) Jobsite: PECO Pole# 2802 - The employer did not ensure an employee repairing an energized, downed 13.2 kv primary line worked from a position where he could not reach into the minimum approach distance unless the requirements of 1910.269(l)(3)(iii)(A)-(C) were met.  Noted on or about 6/21/17.

Issued

Dec 19, 2017

Abate by

Dec 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(4)(ii)(A): The employer did not ensure that employees who use rubber gloves or rubber insulating gloves and sleeves as insulation from energized parts put on the rubber insulating gloves and sleeves in a position where he or she cannot reach into the minimum approach distance, established by the employer under paragraph (l)(3)(i) of this section:  a) Jobsite: PECO Pole# 2802 - The employer did not ensure an employee used and put on rubber insulating gloves and sleeves where he could not reach into the minimum approach distance while repairing an energized 13.2kv downed primary line.  Noted on or about 6/21/17.