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 employmnent 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 shoch hazard: a)Dock side area: On or about July 17, 2002, an employee replaced two 120 volt breakers in a main breaker panel that was energized at 220 volts without the use of protective equipment such as insulated tools and insulated personal protective equipment, exposing an employee to a potential electrical shock hazard. Abatement note: Live parts to which an employee may be exposed shall be deenergized before the employee works on or near them, unless the employer can demonstrate that deenergizing introduces additional or increased hazards or is infeasible due to equipment design or operational limitations as required by 29 CFR 1910.333(a)(1).