OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1926.961 38 times since 2015, against 31 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $185,026 at their current amounts.
Citations per year
The parts of the rule cited most
1926.961(c)(6) · 13 citations
(6) Test for energized condition. After the applicable requirements in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of this section have been followed and the system operator gives a clearance to the employee in charge, the employer shall ensure that the lines and equipment are deenergized by testing the lines and equipment to be worked with a device designed to detect voltage.
1926.961(c)(2) · 10 citations
(2) Open disconnecting means. The employer shall ensure that all switches, disconnectors, jumpers, taps, and other means through which known sources of electric energy may be supplied to the particular lines and equipment to be deenergized are open. The employer shall render such means inoperable, unless its design does not so permit, and then ensure that such means are tagged to indicate that employees are at work.
1926.961(c)(1) · 5 citations
(c) Deenergizing lines and equipment—(1) Request to deenergize. The employee that the employer designates pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section as being in charge of the clearance shall make a request of the system operator to deenergize the particular section of line or equipment. The designated employee becomes the employee in charge (as this term is used in paragraph (c) of this section) and is responsible for the clearance.
1926.961(c)(13) · 4 citations
(13) Reenergizing lines and equipment. The employer shall ensure that no one initiates action to reenergize the lines or equipment at a point of disconnection until all protective grounds have been removed, all crews working on the lines or equipment release their clearances, all employees are clear of the lines and equipment, and all protective tags are removed from that point of disconnection.
1926.961(c)(7) · 3 citations
(7) Install grounds. The employer shall ensure the installation of protective grounds as required by § 1926.962.
1926.961(b)(4)(ii) · 2 citations
(ii) Each crew shall independently comply with this section and, if there is no system operator in charge of the lines or equipment, shall have separate tags and coordinate deenergizing and reenergizing the lines and equipment with the other crews.
1926.961(b)(2) · 1 citations
(2) No system operator. If no system operator is in charge of the lines or equipment and their means of disconnection, the employer shall designate one employee in the crew to be in charge of the clearance and to perform the functions that the system operator would otherwise perform under this section. All of the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section apply, in the order specified, except as provided in paragraph (b)(3) of this section.
Industries cited most
- Construction 28
- Utilities 7
- Wholesale Trade 1
- Transportation and Warehousing 1
- Public Administration 1
States cited most
Recently cited employers
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation Newark, NJ · Sep 9, 2026
- Vanalt Electrical Construction, Inc. Kearny, NJ · Sep 9, 2026
- Full Send Linework LLC Mountainair, NM · Feb 6, 2026
- Colvin Construction Inc. Las Vegas, NV · Dec 24, 2025