OSHA Inspection: PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC

Issued

Mar 8, 2019

Abate by

Mar 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.950(b)(2)(v): The employer did not ensure that each employee had the required training to recognize electrical hazards to which the employee may be exposed and the skills and techniques necessary to control or avoid these hazards:    a) On September 12, 2018 at 211 Greenville Road, sub-station, Greenville AL: The employer failed to ensure that employees had the required training to recognize electrical hazards they may be exposed to in that they were not familiar with bi-directional power feeds of 115kv joining together at the substation where they were installing and connecting a temporary shoofly.  Employees conducting live-line barehanded electrical work when connecting the shoofly to the C-phase of the Greenville fed side and the Evergreen fed side encountered an electrical arc/current as they connected the second jumper end to the Evergreen side due to a difference in load potential between the two feeds which was caused by the switches being opened and cut which broke the load balance.

Issued

Mar 8, 2019

Abate by

Mar 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.950(c)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee was instructed in the hazardous conditions relevant to the employee's work that the employer was aware of as a result of the information communicated to the employer by the host employer under section (c)(1) of this section.   a) On September 12, 2018 at 211 Greenville Road, sub-station, Greenville AL: The employer failed to ensure that employees were instructed in the hazardous conditions relevant to the work the employer was aware of as a result of the information communicated by the host employer (Alabama Power).  The employer was aware that 115kv lines being fed from two different sub-stations, Greenville and Evergreen, which connected and looped through the substation at 211 Greenville Road, Greenville, Al.  Supervision failed to communicate the potential hazardous condition of connecting the temporary shoofly lines in that they were dealing with two separate feeds of 115kv and if the switches were opened and cut before the shoofly was connected that would create a different load potential and a hazard of arc flash when phases were connected.

Issued

Mar 8, 2019

Abate by

Mar 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.952(b): The briefing did not cover at least the following subjects: Hazards associated with the job, work procedures involved, special precautions, energy-source controls, and personal protective equipment requirements.  a) On September 12, 2018 at 211 Greenville Road, sub-station, Greenville AL:  The employer failed to ensure supervision provided employees adequate information during the briefing to prevent potential hazards associated with working live-line barehanded electrical work on 115kv lines being fed from two different sub-stations, Greenville and Evergreen, which connected and looped through the substation at 211 Greenville Road, Greenville, Al.  The briefing failed to inform employees of the special precautions and energy-source controls to use while connecting the temporary shoofly lines in that they were dealing with two separate feeds and if the switches were opened and cut before the shoofly was connected that would create different load potential and a hazard of arc flash when phases were connected.