Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(iii): The employer does not ensure that at least one entrance of sufficient area is provided to give access to the working space about electric equipment 600 Volts, nominal, or less: This violation was observed on or about January 14, 2016 throughout the facility where employees do not have sufficient access to the electrical panels powering equipment in their work areas. Electrical panels were blocked by equipment, machinery, scrap parts and metal and construction debris that do not allow access to the panels. To abate this violation, the employer must relocate equipment and machinery and clean up scrap parts and metal and construction debris accumulated in the work areas around the electrical panels. The Jarosz Welding Co. Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(iii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 910472, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on March 6, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 544 Ledyard Street, Hartford, CT. 06114.