OSHA Inspection: PAR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

Oct 24, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.959(d)(2): A designated employee other than the equipment operator did not observe the approach distance to exposed lines and equipment and provide timely warnings such that the minimum approach distance was being maintained before the minimum approach distance required by paragraph (d)(1) of this section was reached.  At a worksite located at 6760 West Farm Road 68, Willard, Missouri 65781, employees were exposed to serious electrical shock and burn hazards. A designated employee was not utilized to observe the minimum approach distance of two employees in a utility bucket truck to exposed lines and equipment and provide timely warnings such that the minimum approach distance was being maintained before the minimum approach distance required by paragraph (d)(1) of this section was reached. Employees were exposed to 7.62kV of electrical current.

Issued

Oct 24, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(iii): 29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that employees would not approach or take any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless the measures outlined in 1926.960(c)(1)(iii)(A) - (C) were met:  At a worksite located at 6760 West Farm Road 68, Willard, Missouri 65781, employees were exposed to serious electrical shock and burn hazards. The employer did not ensure that a Liberty Utility service line which employees were working on, did not enter the employer's minimum approach distance and make contact with an Ozark Electric Cooperatives exposed energized utility line. Employees were exposed to 7.62kV of electrical current.

Issued

Oct 24, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.960(e)(3): Loose conductors. When lines or equipment are connected to or disconnected from energized circuits, an employee shall keep loose conductors away from exposed energized parts.  At a worksite located at 6760 West Farm Road 68, Willard, Missouri 65781, employees were exposed to serious electrical shock and burn hazards. Employees working from a utility bucket truck failed to keep loose conductors away from exposed energized parts. A service line that the employees were working on came into contact with an energized power line. Employees were exposed to 7.62kV of electrical current.

Issued

Oct 24, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.964(b)(1): Tension stringing method. When lines that employees are installing or removing can contact energized parts, the employer shall use the tension stringing method, barriers, or other equivalent measures to minimize the possibility that conductors and cables the employees are installing or removing will contact energized power lines or equipment.  At a worksite located at 6760 West Farm Road 68, Willard, Missouri 65781, employees were exposed to serious electrical shock and burn hazards. Employees who were working from a utility bucket truck did not use the tension stringing method, barriers, or other equivalent measures to minimize the possibility of the service line that the employees were working on to contact Ozarks Electric Cooperatives energized power lines. Employees were exposed to 7.62kV of electrical current.

Issued

Oct 24, 2019

Abate by

Nov 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.964(b)(3): The automatic-reclosing feature was not disabled. The employer did not render inoperable the automatic-reclosing feature of energized conductors in excess of 600 volts that were under the conductors that employees were installing or removing.  At a worksite located at 6760 West Farm Road 68, Willard, Missouri 65781, employees were exposed to serious electrical shock and burn hazards. Employees were removing and installing a Liberty Utilities service line that crossed over Ozarks Electric Cooperative's energized power lines. The employer did not render inoperable the automatic-reclosing feature of  Ozarks Electric Cooperative's energized power lines. Employees were exposed to 7.62kV of electrical current.