Inspection Detail
Inspection: 111137733 - Alsco Building Products
Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh
Site Address:
Alsco Building Products
Highway 501 S.
Roxboro, NC 27573
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 61, Roxboro, NC 27573
Union Status: Union
SIC:3444
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Unprog Rel
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 08/05/1992
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/15/1992
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 360490874 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Initial Penalty | $2,275 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,275 |
Current Penalty | $2,275 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,275 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100305 G02 III | 08/28/1992 | 09/03/1992 | $2,275 | $2,275 | $0 | - | ||
2. | 02001 | Other | 19100305 E01 | 08/28/1992 | 09/03/1992 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - |
Investigation Summary
A ROOFER WAS USING A MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC DRILL. THE DRILL WAS PLUGGED INTO TWO 100-FOOT EXTENSION CORD SETS, BOTH OF WHICH HAD THE GROUNDING BLADES ON THEIR ATTACHMENT PLUGS REMOVED. (THE GROUNDING BLADE ON THE PLUG ON THE DRILL'S POWER SUPPLY CORD WAS INTACT.) THE CORD SET THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE DRILL HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY SPLICED. INSULATION ON BOTH THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AND THE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR HAD BEEN REMOVED, EXPOSING THE BARE COPPER CONDUCTORS. THE CONDUCTORS WERE THEN BUNDLED AND WRAPPED WITH DUCT TAPE. (THEY WERE NOT INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED.) UPON INSPECTION, THE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR AND THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR WERE FOUND TO HAVE MADE CONTACT. THIS IMPOSED THE FULL CIRCUIT VOLTAGE ON THE DRILL'S METAL HOUSING. THE CIRCUIT TO WHICH THE DRILL WAS CONNECTED WAS NOT PROTECTED BY A GROUND-FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER. THE EMPLOYEE, WHO WAS PERSPIRING BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY, WAS ELECTROCUTED AS HE HELD THE DRILL IN BOTH HANDS.
Keywords: ELEC INSULATION, ELECTRICAL, ATTACHMENT PLUG, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, E GI V, CORD SET, ELECTROCUTED, ELECTRICAL SPLICE, ELECTRIC DRILL
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 111137733 | Occupation Not Listed |