Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard: ELECTRIC

Neveda Revised Statute 618.375(1): Duties of employers. Every employer shall: Furnish employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his or her employees. At West Coast Arborist work site located at 3545 Pueblo Way Las Vegas, Nevada 89169, the employer did not ensure the following processes were followed in accordance with ANSI Z133.1 - 1972 Safety requirements for tree pruning, trimming, repairing, or removal as follows: 4.1 General. All overhead and underground electrical conductors and all communications wires and cables shall be considered to be energized with potentially fatal voltages shall never be touched either directly or indirectly. On Septemeber 20, 2013 it was discovered through employee interviews and admission by the on duty Foreman, for West Coast Arborist, that hte Foreman instructed his employees to throw a rope over the communication lines in an effort to ascend to a level which would allow an employee to remove a branch that had become entangled in the high voltage lines. Employees were exposed to possible serious injury from an electocution hazard. One feasible means of abatement would be in implement a progressive disciplinary policy that will deter supervisors from breaking company policy.