OSHA Inspection: R & R POWERLINE, INC.

Issued

Apr 20, 2023

Abate by

May 9, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.960(c)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that no employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless: 1926.960(c)(1)(iii)(A) The employee is insulated from the energized part (rubber insulating gloves or rubber insulating gloves and sleeves worn in accordance with paragraph (c)(2) of this section constitutes insulation of the employee from the energized part upon which the employee is working provided that the employee has control of the part in a manner sufficient to prevent exposure to uninsulated portions of the employee's body), or 1926.960(c)(1)(iii)(B) The energized part is insulated from the employee and from any other conductive object at a different potential, or 1926.960(c)(1)(iii)(C) The employee is insulated from any other exposed conductive object in accordance with the requirements for live-line barehand work in � 1926.964(c).   On or about November 16, 2022, an employee approached an exposed energized 7200-volt cutout closer than the employer's minimum approach distance exposing the employee to electrical hazards.