Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began, the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer is failing to prevent employee exposure to contact with electricity. The condition was most recently observed on or about September 06, 2017, at 312 Cookshire Lane, Chesterfield, Missouri. Employees used a series of four electrically conductive, aluminum, poles during finishing work on a newly poured concrete driveway. The connected poles measured approximately 23 total feet in length. The 32 foot by 24 foot section of concrete was beneath a 34.5 kilovolt overhead powerline that was approximately 21 feet 9 inches above the work surface. An employee suffered fatal injuries when the electrically conductive pole contacted the 34.5 kilovolt overhead powerline.