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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph

Inspection Nr: 306798679

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Date: 05/13/2005 X

Initial Penalty: $4,500.00

Current Penalty: $2,565.00

Issuance Date: 05/09/2005

Nr Instances: 2

Nr Exposed: 2

Related Event Code (REC): R

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0521100

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**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	05/23/2005	$2,565.00	05/13/2005	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	05/09/2005	$4,500.00	05/13/2005	Serious

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: ELECTRIC

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to electrical arc flash: a) At the Weston WPS Power Plant #4, an arc flash hazard analysis was not conducted. Employees, were working within the flash boundary (that was not determined prior to exposure) while testing on an energized 6.9KV primary/480V secondary panel board without the appropriate personal protective clothing or equipment and were exposed to the hazard of electrical burns due to arc flash. Among feasible means of abatement would be to comply with the 2004 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, Article 130, Section 130.3 Flash Hazard analysis: to determine the flash protection boundary, Article 110, Section 110.7(G) Job Briefing: covers hazards associated with the job, work procedures involved. Abatement Certification or Abatement Documentation required.tion

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