OSHA Inspection: FQE ELECTRIC LLC

Issued

2022-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10256.00 · Current $6483.00 Reduced

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(s)   Location: 3415 Farragut Rd, Brooklyn, NY.  On or about 7/28/2021,  a) The employer did not ensure that frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment were preformed by a competent person capable of identifying existing hazards.  Employees exposed to electrical hazards located at the stairway landings of each floor.

Issued

2022-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10256.00 · Current $6483.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(C):Receptacles were connected to the same ungrounded conductor of multi-wire circuits supplying temporary lighting.  Location: 3415 Farragut Road, Brooklyn, NY; 6th & 7th floor stairway landings.  On or about 7/28/2021  a) Receptacles for uses other than temporary lighting were connected to the same ungrounded conductors of multi-wire circuits which supply temporary lighting.  Receptacles not connected to ground.

Issued

2022-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-02-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8204.00 · Current $5600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(F):Temporary lights were suspended by their electric cords and were not designed for this means of suspension.  Location: 3415 Farragut Rd, Brooklyn, NY.  On or about 7/28/2021  a) The temporary lights at the stairway landings were suspended by their electric cords/wires and neither lights or cords/wires were designed for such suspension.

Issued

2022-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14357.00 · Current $11500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.403(i)(2)(i):Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the means listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph.  Location: 3415 Farragut Road, Brooklyn, NY.  On or about 7/28/2021 live electrical contacts were not protected from accidental contact by any acceptable means:  a)  The splice connections of the temporary lights at the stairway landings of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th floors were exposed to accidental contact.  b) The electrical connections for the terminals of the duplex outlets at the stairway landings of the 6th and 7th floors were exposed to accidental contact.  The employer (First Quality Electrical Corp) was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1926.403(i)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1288666, citation number 1, item number 1a, and was affirmed as a final order on 3/13/2018, with respect to a workplace located at 195 Sullivan Place, Brooklyn, NY.