OSHA Inspection: TMI ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7293.00 · Current $3647.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.    The employer had conducted inadequate inspections of the jobsite, 2nd floor of an office building at 4620 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, by a competent person to identify hazardous energized electrical conditions while employees replaced florescent light fixtures and installed LED light fixtures.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.  The employer had not instructed employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe electrical conditions at the jobsite, 2nd floor of an office building at 4620 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, on January 21, 2019, while employees were replacing florescent light fixtures and installing LED light fixtures.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10210.00 · Current $5105.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.    On January 21, 2019, at 4620 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, 2nd floor of an office building, the employer permitted an employee to work and come in contact with an 277 Volt AC energized electrical circuit while replacing a 2' x 4' florescent light fixture and installing a LED light fixture.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10210.00 · Current $5105.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.417(a): Controls. Controls that are to be deactivated during the course of work on energized or deenergized equipment or circuits shall be tagged.    On January 21, 2019, at 4620 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, on the 2nd floor of an office building, the electrical circuits controlling the florescent lighting fixtures being removed and replaced with LED lighting fixtures on the floor were not deactivated and not tagged to show that circuits were deenergized.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10210.00 · Current $5105.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.    On January 21, 2019, at 4620 Wesley Ave, Cincinnati, on the 2nd floor of an office building, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard while standing on the 5th step (prohibited step) of a  6 ft. Werner portable step ladder to remove a 2' x 4' florescent light fixture.

Issued

2019-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7293.00 · Current $3647.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.    The employer had not reported to OSHA on January 21, 2019 within 24 hours of an employee being admitted to the hospital from a fall from a ladder.