OSHA Inspection: TRANSFORMER POWER SERVICES LLC

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11): Portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface did not have side rails that extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface:  On or about November 12, 2023, employees of Transformer Power Services LLC were commissioning and testing an electrical transformer located at 15141 State Highway 177 in Jackson, Missouri.  The employer did not ensure a portable ladder used to access the upper surface of a electrical transformer was positioned with the siderails extending 3 feet above the landing surface.  The ladder was placed on the West side of the transformer, the upper surface contained bushings, arrestor brackets, copper bus bars and protruding bolts and nuts which created obstacles for how the ladder could be positioned.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a):  The employer did not select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes:   On or about November 12, 2023, employees of Transformer Power Services LLC were performing testing on an electrical transformer located at 15141 State Highway 177 in Jackson, Missouri.  The employer did not ensure employees utilized hand protection when working at an electrical substation.  The employees at the jobsite were exposed to hazards from cuts, abrasions, and lacerations during assembly.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(o)(3)(i): The employer did not provide safeguarding within test areas to control access to test equipment or to apparatus under test that could become energized as part of the testing by either direct or inductive coupling and to prevent accidental employee contact with energized parts:  On or about November 12, 2023, employees of Transformer Power Services LLC were commissioning and testing a 161Kv electrical transformer located at 15141 State Highway 177 in Jackson, Missouri. The employer did not provide safeguarding to employees when wiring a Caterpillar diesel generator into the control cabinet of the electrical transformer, under test. The 240v used to power the transformer control cabinet also provided a path to energize the auxiliary transformer. The arrestor cable and arrestors on top of the transformer became energized exposing employees to electrocution hazards.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $4839.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(w)(7): Backfeed. When there is a possibility of voltage backfeed from sources of cogeneration or from the secondary system:  On or about November 12, 2023, employees of Transformer Power Services LLC were performing testing on an electrical transformer located at 15141 State Highway 177 in Jackson, Missouri. The employer did not ensure the proper wiring of a Caterpillar generator into the transformer control cabinet. The improper wiring of this energy source provided a backfeed through the auxillary transformer energizing the arrestors and arrestor cable of the transformer.  An employee exiting the transformer roof touched the Y1 tertiary bushing and was electrocuted.

Issued

2024-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $2074.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical:  On or about November 12, 2023, employees of Transformer Power Services LLC were commissioning a 161kv electrical transformer located at 15141 State Highway 177 in Jackson, Missouri. The employer did not maintain copies of the required safety data sheets at the workplace for each hazardous chemical on site, including (but not limited to) acetone, gasoline, hydrotreated light naphthenic and butylated hydroxytoluene. Employees were exposed to chemicals and were unable to reference the safety data sheets.