OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL LIGHTING & ENERGY, LLC

Issued

2025-03-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $8000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to crushed-by, struck-by, and fall hazards:  Lowes Home Center, 198 New Lancaster Road, Leominster, MA:  On October 7, 2024, and at times prior, employees were exposed to crushed-by, struck-by, and fall hazards when performing maintenance from inside a mobile elevating work platform (scissor lift) with an extension cord tied to the guardrails of the lift.  A forklift ran over an extension cord tethered to the guardrail of an elevated scissor lift and caused the scissor lift to tip over resulting in a fatality.