OSHA Inspection: COMPLETE POWER POLE INSPECTION INC

Issued

2024-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $2420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.269(d)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that, before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up, or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  On or about May 20, 2024, employees were working on pole 10CR2 connected to high voltage lines without the employer developing and implementing Lockout/Tagout procedures.

Issued

2024-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $2420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.269(l)(3)(iii): The employer did not ensure that no employee approached or took any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless provisions described in (l) (3) (iii) (A) - (C) were followed:   On or about May 20, 2024, an employee was working on pole 10CR2 within the minimum approach distance while the line was being re-energized.

Issued

2024-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4839.00 · Current $2420.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.269(l)(4)(ii)(B): When an employee uses rubber insulating gloves or rubber insulating gloves and sleeves as insulation from energized parts (under paragraph (l)(3)(iii)(A) of this section), the employer shall ensure that the employee does not remove the rubber insulating gloves and sleeves until he or she is in a position where he or she cannot reach into the minimum approach distance, established by the employer under paragraph (l)(3)(i) of this section.  On or about May 20, 2024, an employee was working on pole 10CR2 without wearing rubber gloves while the line was being re-energized.