OSHA Inspection: PRECISION TEMPERATURE CONTROL, INC

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    Site- The employer did not conduct a PPE assessment for voltage testing activities where employees were not protected from electric shock and burns. The employer did not require the use of voltage rated rubber insulating gloves when employees were voltage testing live parts operating at up to 480 volts.

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not provided with electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body that needed to be protected and for the work being performed:  Site- Employees engaged in voltage testing activities were not protected from electric shock and burns where voltage rated insulating gloves were not required to be worn by the employer. Each employee engaged in voltage testing was not provided with voltage rated insulating gloves by the employer.

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5004.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1): Live parts to which an employee was exposed to were not deenergized before the employee worked on or near them:    Site- An employee removing a 480 volt motor was not protected from electric shock and burns where the motor was not deenergized prior to performing work on the motor. On or about November 6, 2017 an employee made contact with live parts on a 480 volt motor and sustained a shock causing the employee to fall off of an 8 foot step ladder.

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $1848.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(i): The employer did not maintain a written copy of the procedures outlined in paragraph (b)(2) of 29 CFR 1910.333 and did not make it available for inspection by the Assistant Secretary of Labor and his or her authorized representatives:    Site- Employees were not protected from electric shock and burns where the employer did not develop and implement written procedures for locking out and tagging out electrical equipment that is to be worked on by employees. On or about November 6, 2017 an employee made contact with live parts on a 480 volt motor where written lock out/tag out procedures were not developed and implemented for the electrical equipment by the employer.

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv): Qualified persons did not use test equipment to test the circuit elements and electrical parts of equipment to which employees were exposed and verify the circuit elements and equipment parts were deenergized:  Site- Employees were not protected from electric shock and burns where the employer did not develop and implement written procedures requiring the verification of deenergized equipment by a qualified person using test equipment prior to employees working on the electrical equipment. On or about November 6, 2017 an employee made contact with live parts on a 480 volt motor where a qualified person did not verify that the electrical circuit was deenergized prior to the employee beginning work of the equipment.

Issued

2018-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1): Employees were not trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertained to their respective job assignments:    a. Site- Employees exposed to live electrical parts were not provided with electrical safety-related work practice training from the employer.