Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 007A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(3)(iii): The employer did not ensure that no employee approached or took any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance: (a)Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative, Inc. @ Pole #1476 located on Rosebud Cut-Across Road, Mission, SD 57555: On and before September 9, 2017, the employer did not ensure an employee involved in an outage was protected from contacting an energized conductor within the minimum approach distance. On September 9, 2017, an employee worked within the minimum approach distance and contacted a 14.4kV energized conductor as a part of an outage and power pole replacement. This condition exposed an employee to burn, shock and electrocution hazards. Abatement Note: No employee approaches or takes any conductive object closer to exposed energized parts than the employer's established minimum approach distance, unless: [A]The employee is insulated from the energized part (rubber insulating gloves or rubber insulating gloves and sleeves worn in accordance with paragraph (l)(4) of this section constitutes insulation of the employee from the energized part upon which the employee is working provided that the employee has control of the part in a manner sufficient to prevent exposure to un-insulated portions of the employee's body), or [B]The energized part is insulated from the employee and from any other conductive object at a different potential, or [C]The employee is insulated from any other exposed conductive object in accordance with the requirements for live-line bare hand work in paragraph (q)(3) of this section.