| Inspection Type |
Fat/Cat
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| Scope |
Complete
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| Safety/Health |
Safety
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| Close Conference |
2023-07-26
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| Case Closed |
2024-03-27
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Related Activity
| Type |
Accident |
| Activity Nr |
2058761 |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260095 A |
| Issuance Date |
2024-01-11 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2024-02-07 |
| Current Penalty |
15625.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
15625.0 |
| Final Order |
2024-02-09 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided: a. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, FL: On or about 07/25/2023, an employee/electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands within a underground electrical enclosure , that which contained energized electrical wires, during which time the employee who was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves and who was using an uninsulated hand tool (cutting pliers), attempted to remove the electrical insulation from the end of one of the previously existing energized (red) wires. b. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee, who was not a qualified electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands pulling wires within/through a underground electrical enclosure, that which contained previously existing energized electrical wires, during which time the employee was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260416 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2024-01-11 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2024-02-07 |
| Current Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Final Order |
2024-02-09 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): The employer permitted employees to work in close proximity to energized, unguarded, and ungrounded electric power circuits that the employee could contact in the course of their work: a. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee/electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands within a underground electrical enclosure, that which contained energized electrical wires, during which time the employee who was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves and who was using an uninsulated hand tool (cutting pliers), attempted to remove the electrical insulation from the end of one of the previously existing energized (red) wires. b. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee, who was not a qualified electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands pulling wires within/through a underground electrical enclosure, that which contained previously exiting energized electrical wires, during which time the employee was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260416 A03 |
| Issuance Date |
2024-01-11 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2024-02-07 |
| Current Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Final Order |
2024-02-09 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3): Before work began the employer did not ascertain by inquiry, direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, was so located that the performance of the work could bring a person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the energized electric power circuit: a. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee working within a below grade electrical junction box was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, before work began the employee did not determine whether the uninsulated hand tool (cutting pliers) could have come into physical or electrical contact with an energized electrical circuit. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260417 A |
| Issuance Date |
2024-01-11 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2024-02-07 |
| Current Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
6250.0 |
| Final Order |
2024-02-09 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.417(a): Controls that were to be deactivated during the course of work on energized or de-energized equipment or circuits were not tagged: a. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee/electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands within a underground electrical enclosure , that which contained energized electrical wires, during which time the circuit breakers had not been Locked-Out or Tagged-Out, and wherein, the employee who was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves and who was using an uninsulated hand tool (cutting pliers), attempted to remove the electrical insulation from the end of one of the previously existing energized (red) wires. b. At 2000 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on or about 07/25/2023, an employee, who was not a qualified electrician was exposed to an electrocution hazard, in that, the employee was working with his hands pulling wires within/through a underground electrical enclosure , that which contained previously exiting energized electrical wires, during which time the circuit breakers had not been Locked-Out or Tagged-Out, and wherein the employee was not wearing electrically insulated rubber gloves. |
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