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

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 tree from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to death or serious burns as a result of improperly identifying the condition of equipment and lines. Electric supply equipment and lines which were not positively known to be de-energized were considered to be de-energized: a) North of turbine building, a work station was utilized under energized high voltage lines in the immediate vicinity of live type BW-900 oil filled transformers, on or about October 16, 1987. One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to correct this hazard is to require that a person qualified by training and experience make inspections or tests to determine the existing condition of equiment and lines and have equipment and lines de-energized prior to permitting employees into the vicinity of such equipment and lines.