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 were exposed to electrical hazards from improper use of temporary wiring and exposure to live electrical parts. 1) Trailer (light green/white trim) behind trailer at 208 Futreal Ln. Beulaville, NC 28518, light switch by back door was missing face plate, exposing live wiring rated at 110 volts, water heater installed outside of the trailer was not protected from the natural elements. Junction box on outside of hot water heater is not rated for outdoor use. Possibility of shock. 2)House located at 195 Miller Rd. Beulaville, NC 28518, the path to ground from the refrigerator in the kitchen was not permanent and continuous in that the plug was not plugged into an outlet directly. It had been plugged into a drop cord and the drop cord plugged into wall outlet, that was not GFCI protected, refrigerator and outlet rated at 110 volts. Among others, one feasible and acceptable method of abating these violations is properly install the hot water heater in an appropriate manner where exposure to the natural elements is eliminated and eliminate all temporary wiring being used on a permanent basis and have all corrections made that meet NEC and local building code requirements.