Baker Electric Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 18, 2019: Employee experiences heat illness while installing solar pan

At 4:30 p.m. on July 18, 2019, an employee stalled solar panels at a ground level solar farm. At some point, the employee was taken to the hospital to treat heat illness but was not hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 1, 2018: Employee contacts energized parts and is shocked/burned

At 8:00 a.m. on February 1, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an electrical subcontractor, was working at a multiemployer construction project, a new medical facility. He was troubleshooting an "In Use" sign that was not functioning properly. Employee #1 tested approximately six live electrical wires within a junction box. He then bypassed the relay, and during the troubleshooting process he came into contact with live parts. Employee #1 sustained an electric shock and burns. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to a hospital burn center, admitted, and treated for the electric shock and burns.

Incident on Jan 6, 2010: Employee's hands and fingers burned in electrical arc flash

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on January 6, 2010, Employee #1 was installing new me ters on a multiple paneled electrical cabinet that was energized around the area that he was working on. He was not wearing approved insulated electrical gloves . He was using a volt meter measuring the continuity of two wires connected to a new replacement meter when an arc flash occurred. He sustained second degree bu rns to his left fingers and both hands. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 7, 2006: Employee fractures arm installing transformer

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 7, 2006, Employee #1 and two coworkers wer e installing a 2900-pound transformer. While repositioning the transformer, it s hifted, and Employee #1's arm was caught between the transformer and an adjacent piece of equipment. Employee #1 received a fracture to the lower right arm. The workers were using a leverage device (Johnson Bar) to lift and move the transfo rmer. The floor in the transformer room was at a slight grade for drainage. This likely caused the load to roll and the worker to injure his arm. Employee #1 wa s hospitalized.

Incident on Jul 7, 2001: Employee's hands are burned when welding powder ignites

Employee #1 was working as a laborer for an electrical contractor. He was taking a lunch break at his work location, a warehouse. He was sitting on the curb, ju st outside the warehouse loading doors, smoking a cigarette. When he began to pu t out the cigarette on the ground, he noted that there was a powdery substance o n the ground. When he placed the lit cigarette into this powdery substance, it c aught fire, flared up, and burned both his hands. Employee #1 was transported to the University of California, San Diego, Burn Center, where he was hospitalized for 5 days with second and third degree burns to both hands. This substance was later identified as CADWELD, a magnesium oxide power used to make welded electr ical connections. It is highly flammable. Employee #1 was aware of CADWELD, but he did not know that it was the substance on the ground. Neither Employee #1 nor his employer knew why this powder, which is normally kept in controlled contain ers, was at this location. The causal factor for this accident is that Employee #1 placed a lit cigarette in a highly flammable substance.