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

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees living in the wood framed house at the end of the dirt path were exposed to electrical hazards from improper use of temporary wiring, exposure to live electrical parts, and lack of permanent and continuous path to ground from circuits, equipment,and enclosures. a) The refrigerator in the living room was not grounded or GFCI protected. b) Ceiling light fixture in the kitchen consisted of a light bulb in a socket with two wires improperly spliced to the two wires hanging from the ceiling. c) The outlet next to the toilet in the bathroom was not grounded and was missing a cover plate. d) Outlet in kitchen next to refrigerator was missing cover plate. e) Temporary wiring was being used on a permanent basis throughout this house. This temporary wiring was attached to walls and running through doorways and windows inside and outside the dwelling. In one case, a window air conditioning unit was plugged into a drop cord that was attached to the house along the side and to the rear of the house, where it was plugged into an outlet box on the back porch. f) In the back left bedroom, a ceiling fan had been jury- rigged from the blades and motor of what once was a box fan. It was connected via spliced lamp cord to a switch that was not mounted, but dangling from the wire. g) The circuit breaker panel on the back porch had wires running through it that were not protected from abrasion. The outlets on the back porch were not covered. The circuit breaker panel was not labeled and did not have a three foot clearance as a working space. Flammable containers and tools were being stored in front of circuit breaker panel. A spliced fan cord from a window fan, sitting on the ledge of the kitchen window, was plugged into one of the outlets on the back porch. Among others, one feasible and acceptable method of abating this violation is to eliminate all temporary wiring being used on a permanent basis and have permanent wiring installed throughout camp that meets NEC and local building code requirements.