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 hazard of electrical shock when: a) On October 20, 1988, in the motor control center, No. 1, module, at Montenay Power Corp., employees were allowed to work on an energized process transformer. In addition, employees were allowed to use a meg-ohmmeter tester set, contrary to the manufacturer's instructions. Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to always deenergize equipment before work is performed on it and to follow manufacturer's instructions for all equipment used.