OSHA Inspection: LANGHORNE CARPET CO INC

Issued

2022-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-12-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $1865.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  a) Facility: On or about July 22, 2022, employees were utilizing a relocatable power tap (power strip) to power equipment. In addition, the relocatable power tap was not connected directly to an outlet and was being daisy chained between multiple extension cords.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.  For Reference: Underwriters Laboratories (UL), refers to power strips as Relocatable Power Taps (RPTs) and, in its "General Information for Electrical Equipment Directory" (sometimes called the UL White Book or UL Directory) contains instructions that require UL-listed RPTs to be directly connected to a permanently installed branch circuit receptacle; they are not to be series-connected to other RPTs or connected to extension cords.