Eldeco Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 23, 1996: Employee injured in fall from edge of building

Employee #1, of an electrical company, was throwing debris from a 22 foot level open-sided area of the state house. As he threw a switch gear weighing 25 to 30 pounds, a bracket caught his glove and pulled him off the building. Just before falling, he pushed himself to avoid hitting the sidewalk. Employee #1 was hospit alized. Employee #1 had been provided with a harness, but he was not wearing it.

Incident on Mar 1, 1994: Electric shock - ground fault in conduit

AN ELECTRICIAN WAS INSTALLING SECURITY CAMERAS IN THE CEILING OF A PRISON CELL B LOCK. HE WAS CLIMBING IN THE CEILING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN HE CONTACTED A METAL CONDUIT. THE CONDUIT WAS ENERGIZED BY CONTACT WITH A BARE SPOT ON A CONDUCTOR INSIDE. IT WAS BELIEVED EITHER THAT THE INSULATION WAS NICKED DURING INSTALLATION OR THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACT ORY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS GROUNDED THROUGH CONTACT WITH ANOTHER CONDUIT THAT HE WAS HOLDING FOR SUPPORT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR HIS INJURIES.

Incident on Jul 14, 1993 (fatal): Electric shock - direct contact with energized conductor

AN ELECTRICIAN AND HIS HELPER WERE MAKING CONNECTIONS IN JUNCTION BOX ON A 120-V OLT CIRCUIT ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF A NEW BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS IN THE FINAL PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING FROM A WOODEN STEPLADDER. LOC ATED IN A CORRIDOR, THE JUNCTION BOX WAS IN A FALSE CEILING, JUST OVER A GROUNDE D METAL RACEWAY AND A SUSPENDED CEILING FIXTURE. THE HELPER, WHO WAS WORKING FRO M ANOTHER WOODEN STEPLADDER, HAD TO HOLD THE FIXTURE OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT THE ELECTRICIAN COULD REACH THE WORK AREA. THE ELECTRICIAN HAD CHECKED THE DRAWINGS, DETERMINED THAT THE JUNCTION BOX WAS ON CIRCUIT #22, AND HAD OPENED CIRCUIT BRE AKER #22. HE THEN LOCKED THE BOX BEFORE MOVING THE CONNECTIONS. IT WAS WARM, AND THE ELECTRICIAN WAS DAMP WITH PERSPIRATION. HE REMOVED AN EXCESS LENGTH OF COND UCTOR AND THEN STRIPPED AND CONNECTED THE EQUIPMENT GROUNDING CONDUCTOR AND THE GROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR. AS HE WAS STRIPPING INSULATION FROM THE (RED) SUPPLY -SIDE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR, HE RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK. (HE WAS ABOUT 0.75 INCHES FROM THE LOAD-SIDE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR AT THE TIME.) THE H ELPER NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRICIAN WAS IN TROUBLE, BUT COULD NOT SEE WHAT THE PR OBLEM WAS. THE HELPER RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN HE TOUCHED THE ELECTRICIAN . THE HELPER FINALLY REMOVED THE ELECTRICIAN FROM CONTACT WITH THE ENERGIZED CON DUCTOR, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE ELECTRICIAN HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED. AFTER THE AC CIDENT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE LOAD-SIDE UNGROUNDED CIRCUIT CONDUCTOR HAD BE EN CONNECTED TO CIRCUIT #33 AT THE SOURCE AND TO CIRCUIT #22 AT A JUNCTION BOX I N ANOTHER CORRIDOR. THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AT THE PANELBOARD WERE NUMBERED, BUT NO OTHER EFFORT WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEY CONTROLLED. ADDITIONALLY, NO TESTIN G WAS PERFORMED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE PROPERLY CONNECTED.