OSHA Inspection: POWER FACTOR, LLC

Issued

Jan 3, 2019

Abate by

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $9,959

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.  The employer is failing to protect employees from electrocution hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about July 24, 2018 at the jobsite located at 4910-2 Waite Street in Fort Riley, Kansas, when employees were working in the vicinity of 7.2 kilovolt overhead power lines during the installation of solar panels.  The employers safety program was inadequate in that the employer did not recognize and identify conditions that exposed employees to electrocution hazards associated with working near overhead power lines and methods to mitigate those hazards.

Issued

Jan 3, 2019

Abate by

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $9,959

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  The employer is failing to protect employees from electrocution hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about July 24, 2018 at the jobsite located at 4910-2 Waite Street in Fort Riley, Kansas, during the installation of solar panels on a two-story residential structure.  The employer did not train employees to recognize, evaluate, and control electrical shock hazards while employees were working near overhead power lines. Employees were exposed to electrocution and electrical shock hazards while working near and beneath 7.2 kilovolt overhead high voltage lines.

Issued

Jan 3, 2019

Abate by

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $9,959

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:   The employer is failing to protect employees from electrocution hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about July 24, 2018 at the jobsite located at 4910-2 Waite Street in Fort Riley, Kansas, where employees were working near live circuits during the installation of solar panels on two-story residential structures.  The employer did not take action to ensure electrical power circuits were de-energized or otherwise guarded to prevent employees from making contact with energized 7.2 kilovolt overhead high voltage lines.

Issued

Jan 3, 2019

Abate by

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $9,959 · Current $9,959

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit.      The employer is failing to protect employees from electrocution hazards.  This was most recently documented on or about July 24, 2018 at the jobsite located at 4910-2 Waite Street in Fort Riley, Kansas, where employees were working in the vicinity of 7.2 kilovolt overhead power lines during the installation of solar panels.  The employers inspections were inadequate in that they did not recognize and identify hazards associated with working near overhead power lines.