OSHA Inspection: COACH'S TREE TRIMMING

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,679 · Current $1,875 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment:   On or about February 24, 2023, an assessment of the workplace to determine if hazards were present or likely to be present, which require personal protective equipment, was not performed. Work was performed near energized power lines without insulating, nonconductive, or otherwise electrical safety rated personal protective equipment.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:   On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not verify a workplace hazard assessment was conducted through a written certification.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not provided with electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body that needed to be protected and for the work being performed:  On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees trimming branches near energized conductors without being provided electrical protective equipment were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,349 · Current $2,344 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.332(b)(2): 29 CFR  1910.332(b)(2): Employees, who were not qualified persons, were not trained in and familiar with any electrically related safety practices not specifically addressed by 29 CFR 1910.331 through 29 CFR 1910.335, but which were necessary for their safety:      On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, employees assigned to trim tree branches near or in the vicinity of energized overhead power lines were not trained in safety-related work practices, exposing the employees to the hazards of electric shock, severe burns and electrocution.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.333(c)(3)(i)(A)(1): When an unqualified person was working in an elevated position near overhead lines with voltages to ground rated at 50 kV or below, the location was not such that the person and the longest conductive object he or she could contact came closer to any unguarded, energized overhead line than the following distances:   (1)  For voltages to ground voltages 50kV or below.  On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees trimming branches with an aluminum pole/chain saw at a residential jobsite made contact with 7,400-volt overhead powerlines. Exposing employees to the hazards of electrocution, severe burns and electric shock.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $3,282 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(2)(i): When working near exposed energized conductors or circuit parts, each employee did not use insulated tools or handling equipment when the tools or handling equipment might have made contact with such conductors or parts:  On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees trimming branches near energized conductors without insulated tools and equipment were exposed to electrical hazards.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 29, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.335(b)(3): Where signs and barricades do not provide sufficient warning and protection from electrical hazards, an attendant was not stationed to warn and protect employees. [55 FR 32016, Aug. 6, 1990]   On or about February 24, 2023, and at times prior thereto, at the jobsite, employees trimmed branches in an elevated lift near energized conductors without a trained attendant stationed nearby to warn and protect them. Thus, exposing them to electrical hazards.

Issued

May 31, 2023

Abate by

Jun 8, 2023

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(1): Basic Requirement.  Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.  On or about February 24, 2023, the employer failed to report to OSHA a work related fatality prior to the elapse of eight (8) hours reporting period of the incident.