GRAFTON, MA —
OSHA Inspection: MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY in 35 WILLARD ST, GRAFTON, MA 01519 (NAICS 221118). OSHA activity number 345489041.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Site address
- 35 WILLARD ST
- City
- GRAFTON
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01519
- Mailing
- 40 SYLVAN RD., WALTHAM, MA 02451
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 221118
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.269 A02 II
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 19, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $13,653 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(a)(2)(ii) : Qualified Employee Training; Each qualified employee was not trained and competent in sections 1910.269(a)(2)(ii)(A) through 1910.269(a)(2)(ii)(E): Jobsite -35 Willard St. Grafton, MA. Pole 15 On or about 08/20/2021, the employer did not ensure that each electrically qualified employee was trained in, competent in and have the skills and techniques necessary to determine the nominal voltage of exposed live parts, the minimum approach distances specified in this subpart corresponding to the voltages to which the qualified employee will be exposed and the skills and techniques necessary to maintain those distances, the proper use of the special precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and insulated tools for working on or near exposed energized parts of electric equipment, and the recognition of electrical hazards to which the employee may be exposed and the skills and techniques necessary to control or avoid these hazards. Specifically, on 08/20/2021 employees installing a low side cutout lead to the conductor on the road side phase were not aware of how to suffiently cover the exposed live equipment with adequate lengths of protective line hoses and blankets prior to comencing with making low side connections. Additionally, the employees did not position themseves on the outside of the roadside line to minize the arc flash potential posed by the center phase line. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29CFR1903.19(d)(1).
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $13653
1910.269 L05 I
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 4, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $13,653 · Current $6,827 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.269(l)(5)(i):The employer did not ensure that each employee, to the extent that other safety-related conditions at the worksite permit, works in a position from which a slip or shock will not bring the employee's body into contact with exposed, un-insulated parts energized at a potential different from the employee's. a) 35 Willard St. Grafton, MA. Pole 15: On or about 08/20/2021, an employee was in the process of installing solid blades disconnects to tie two separte feeders tpgether. The employee positioned himself between the center and road side phase in order to install a cut out when a flash occured. The employer did not effectively ensure that the employee sufficiently recognized the need to position himself outside of the phases to minimize the arc flash potential. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29CFR1903.19(d)(1).
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $6826.5
- — Z (S) $13653
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 345489041.
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